Quotes by Kamala Harris

About Kamala Harris:

Kamala Devi Harris is an American attorney, politician and member of the Democratic Party who has been the 32nd and current Attorney General of California since 2011.
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Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk.

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What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology.

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What's important for my daughter to know is that... if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.

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These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.

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I think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She's incredibly dedicated to public service, she is smart as a whip, and she's effective.

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I convened the first-ever national training conference for prosecutors on how to promote and deal with hate crime issues in terms of prosecutions and also protocol for defeating the gay panic defense.

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We don't want to promote any system that treats the fact that an individual is LGBT as a personality disorder. And anything that perpetuates that perception is harmful - not only to that member of the community but the entire community.

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My mother was and will always remain my greatest hero.

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'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.

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I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

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Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.

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Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us.

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The American dream belongs to all of us.

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To be smart on crime, we should not be in a position of constantly reacting to crime after it happens. We should be looking at preventing crime before it happens.

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What we know is smartphones are everywhere and they are rich in data. What we know is that there are apps once downloaded by the consumer that will also in turn download the consumers' contact book. Most consumers don't want that to happen and don't ...

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My parents met when they were graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. They were both active in the civil-rights movement.

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I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to prison.

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Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.

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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'

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In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly.

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Author Bio

  • NameKamala Harris
  • DescriptionAmerican lawyer and California Attorney General
  • BornOctober 20, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Lawyer