Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

We (the FBI) are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.

Why should you care if you have nothing to hide?

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

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

The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.

It can be held certain that information that is withheld or suppressed contains truths that are detrimental to the persons involved in the suppression.