“I was attorney general; my name is Meese. I say, go to college. Don't carry a piece.”

— Edwin Meese III

As quoted in "Law" http://imdb.com/title/tt0508520/quotes?qt=qt1867438 (21 February 2003), Da Ali G. Show.
2000s, 2003

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