There is something addictive about secrets.

Purpose of counter-intelligence action is to disrupt and it is immaterial whether facts exist to substantiate the charge. If facts are present it aids in the success of the proposal but the Bureau feels … that disruption can be accomplished without facts to back it up.

Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo.

I don't need to tell you that, what determines a man's legacy is often what isn't seen.

I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.

Justice is merely incidental to law and order. Law and order is what covers the whole picture. Justice is part of it, but it can't be separated as a single thing.