There is something addictive about secrets.

J. Edgar Hoover: When morals decline and good men do nothing, evil flourishes. A society unwilling to learn from past is doomed. We must never forget our history.

There will never be another Black Messiah unless we create him

The most effective weapon against crime is cooperation... The efforts of all law enforcement agencies with the support and understanding of the American people.

The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists.

What's important at this time is to re-clarify the difference between hero and villain.

No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.

There is but one way to eliminate juvenile delinquency - that is by providing each child in America with competent parents.

A child who has been taught to respect the laws of God will have little difficulty respecting the laws of men.

The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst.

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

Seize the day and explore the allure of life.

Pain, Rhuan decided, did not simply hurt. Pain also exhausted a person, sapped his soul, thinned his spirit. Worse, pain was tedious.

Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.

But hard bitten cynicism leaves one feeling peevish, and too much of it can do lasting damage to your heart.

My tragedy is that all I want is a dog, and yet I have been cursed with cats all my life.

Corruption hates what is not corrupt.

Angels cannot preach the gospel, only beings such as Paul and you and I can preach the gospel.

I became sort of an aficionado on the Valentino pajamas, because I like those so much.