We've got to understand that the ages of zero to three are the most formative years of a person's life, the time they learn the concept of reward and punishment and develop a conscience, and that 50 percent of all learned human response is learned in the first year of life.

Janet Reno

Being a lawyer is not merely a vocation. It is a public trust, and each of us has an obligation to give back to our communities.

Janet Reno

I think lawyers who engage in pro bono service to protect those who cannot help themselves are truly the heroes and the heroines of the legal profession.

Janet Reno

The keystone to justice is the belief that the legal system treats all fairly.

Janet Reno

We've got to make sure that the young, violent, serious juvenile offender is punished, that it's fair punishment, that it's punishment that fits the crime and that is understood and that is anticipated and expected.

Janet Reno

I have learned that raising children is the single most difficult thing in the world to do. It takes hard work, love, luck, and a lot of energy, and it is the most rewarding experience that you can ever have.

Janet Reno

The good lawyer is the great salesman.

Janet Reno

We're all in this together, and we all have to make an investment in our most precious possession and in the foundation of our future: our young people.

Janet Reno

I think police officers can work with social workers and public health nurses to do so much in terms of addressing the problem of American families, of children in American families as a whole, and giving them an opportunity to get off to a fresh start, to become self-sufficient, to lead safe, constructive lives.

Janet Reno

If the end brings me out right, what people said about me won't make any difference, and if the end brings me out wrong, 10 angels saying I was right won't make any difference.

Janet Reno

This is a beautiful country. Each of us has a favorite river, a mountain, just a patch of sky for some of us. I want to use the law to make sure that the waters, the land, and the skies of this nation are protected.

Janet Reno

Too many Americans mistrust their government. And unnecessary government secrecy feeds this mistrust.

Janet Reno

I'm vitally interested in cyber crime and in preparing law enforcement for a time when crime is international in its origins and its consequences.

Janet Reno

I worked with some wonderful people, tried my best and I feel comfortable.

Janet Reno

We must honor, protect and support our police officers and their families every day of the year.

Janet Reno

I would like to visit with people who are so interesting and so... and there are so many wonderful people out there that I would love to have the chance to talk to for a longer time.

Janet Reno

A cop by themselves on every corner is not going to make that much difference.

Janet Reno

I'm humbled by the honor that President Clinton has done me in nominatinq me as Attorney General of the United States, and I'm going to do my very best to deserve his confidence.

Janet Reno

We recognize that violence is a learned behavior. One of the best classrooms for learning violence is in the home.

Janet Reno

The first job I ever had in my life was in the Dade County Sheriff's Office in the Identification Bureau in the summer that I graduated from high school and was getting ready to go to college.

Janet Reno

You are not going to put 100,000 police officers on the streets overnight and do the right job. To put them on the streets, to see that they're properly trained; you have to do it in an orderly way over a period of time.

Janet Reno