Rachel Shenton Quotes

All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.

I actually don't want to be an actor for the rest of my life. I'd like to go on to be a lawyer or a doctor, and I definitely would like to get into politics.

I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.

The vast majority of A.D.A.s put everything on the line to make sure justice is served. That's what I love about prosecutors and the New York police.

Women in business are talented leaders who can share their skills as trainers, mentors and advocates.

The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.

I've always had a desire to play a cop or FBI agent.

I've had women come up to me and say I was the reason they went to law school.

Since I'm not a fashion model, there's a limit to how nice I can make myself. I don't regard myself as an ugly person, but I don't think of myself as someone who would choose to be a model. I'm somebody who might be, I'd like to think, a role model for people who want to become lawyers.

I think just because you're a mom, it doesn't negate - if anything, you're probably more enhanced - that you're a woman trying to find your place in the world.

Women have to take more control of their careers. They can't just wait to be cast in a film.

No longer will there be impunity for crimes against women. Now there is an avenue for recourse.

In every school, community center, city hall, and state capitol, there are women who are making their voices heard and standing up for the people they serve - women who aren't just demanding change but finding ways to create it. They are making an impact, and along the way, they're inspiring others to do the same.

My previous 15 years working in the Department of Justice were extraordinarily fulfilling. I love the Department, its people and its mission. I can think of no greater honor than to lead them.

It probably can take me anywhere I want to be, but I have to be honest, being attorney general is a great job.

I have long believed that there is no finer group than those who serve in the Department of Justice.

Being the DA was, without a doubt, the best job in the world. I loved knowing that people would get their justice.

I think there is no greater job anybody can have than having been a prosecutor.

Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.

That image of a lawyer standing up in a criminal case and doing the right thing always stuck with me. I love the idea of building cases and really going after bad guys.

As women and as lawyers, we must never again shy from raising our voices against sexual harassment.

All students enter law school with a certain amount of idealism and desire to serve the public, but after three years of brutal competition we care for nothing but the right job with the right firm where we can make partner in seven years and earn big bucks.

The most effective weapon against crime is cooperation... The efforts of all law enforcement agencies with the support and understanding of the American people.

I resolved that women should have knowledge of contraception. They have every right to know about their own bodies. I would strikeout--I would scream from the housetops. I would tell the world what was going on in the lives of these poor women. I would be heard. No matter what it should cost. I would be heard.

Effective law enforcement and social justice must be pursued together, as the foundation of our efforts against crime.