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The American people can be - and deserve to be - assured that actions taken in their defense are consistent with their values and their laws. ↗

— Eric Holder

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Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial. ↗

— Eric Holder

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Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards. ↗

— Eric Holder

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Well, I think the American people have to understand that the Mexican government is committed, in a very substantial way, to eradicating the effect of the impact of the cartels on Mexico. We have - what are called vetted units down there. Units that have been vetted by our law enforcement people there, the people with whom we deal - primarily. ↗

— Eric Holder

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While he was in the service, in the South and in Oklahoma, he was refused service at a couple of places where he was in uniform, and was told that African Americans, blacks, Negros, were not served. And in spite of that, I've never known a man who loved this country more than my father did. ↗

— Eric Holder

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If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music. ↗

— Billie Holiday

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Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three. ↗

— Billie Holiday

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You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave. ↗

— Billie Holiday

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In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you. ↗

— Billie Holiday

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Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you - and kill you the long, slow, hard way. ↗

— Billie Holiday

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