We are all just here for a time – whether in this building or even on this earth. But the values we hold dear will live on long after we have left this stage. Our responsibility, while we are here, is to breathe life into them; to imbue them with the strength of our convictions and the weight of our efforts.
— New Attorney General Loretta Lynch delivers remarks at swearing in by Vice President Joe Biden (via the Department of Justice)
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