Solicitor Quotes

To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an office with a long and rich tradition, not only of extraordinary legal skill but also of extraordinary professionalism and integrity. That is due, in large measure, to the people who have led it.

There have been 111 Justices in the Supreme Court of the United States. Only three have been women. If she is confirmed, Solicitor General Kagan will bring the Supreme Court to an historical high-water mark, with three women concurrently serving as Justices.

It's not that there are no masters, but that there are many. And the job of the solicitor general is to balance those masters and to accommodate them all, each in their proper places, wisely and well and in so doing to represent the people of the United States.

The option of solicitor advocacy came on the scene a bit too late for me.

The solicitor general is sometimes referred to as the 10th Supreme Court justice - a pretty important position.

I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk.

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.