Alberto Gonzales

Quotes

• “America is my home — I believe in her promise and I will do what I can to secure that promise for future generations of our children. America is great — not because of our military might or our economic strength — but because of the greatness of Americans, and I welcome the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder, side by side with all of you to preserve our heritage rich in "liberty and justice for all."”
• “President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance on a far broader scale.”
• “There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There's a prohibition against taking it away.”
• “I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror.”
• “(Asked by John King about the political climate that existed in Washington at the time, and criticism of the Department of Justice under his management) Listen I don't expect an apology from men like Chuck Schumer, and I would put him and other individuals who were attacking me at the top of the list contributing to the low, low public perception of Congress, the integrity of Congress quite frankly.”
• “To achieve victory at the cost of eroding civil liberties would not really be a victory. We cannot change the core identity of our Nation and claim success. And our identity has never been in doubt — we are a free people, dedicated to liberty for the popular and the unpopular, committed to the ideal that the People govern themselves, and determined to have a government that cannot extinguish or suppress the rights that make us Americans.”

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Key dates

Born

4 August 1955

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Alberto

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

San Antonio

Occupation

politician

Position held

White House Counsel

Employer

University of Houston

Political party

Republican Party (United States)

Official website

www.albertogonzales.com

Image

Alberto Gonzales - official DoJ photograph.jpg

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