Alberto Gonzales

“I don't recall.”

“There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There's a prohibition against taking it away.”

“I stand by my testimony. I stand by my recollections.”

“Even though the Geneva Conventions do not technically apply to members of al Qaeda and the Taliban, our military for the most part is applying the principles of the Geneva Conventions.”

“We are a nation of laws, and we are a nation of compassion.”

“My responsibility is to the law and to the Constitution.”

“My legal opinion was that the program was lawful.”

“I've been a prosecutor. I know what it is to be a prosecutor. I was a judge. I've been a white house counsel. I was a justice on the Texas Supreme Court.”

“I would say that the Administration has a very strong track record in terms of its policies and its decisions when it comes to the protection of the country.”

“My parents taught me that I could do anything I wanted to and I have always believed it.”