Jerry Della Femina Quotes

We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us. But we're presumably acting in such a way that people feel morally compelled to continue our mission, not to screw it up.

I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.

Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.

I could not permit my silence and my inaction to be construed as condonation.... With my tongue tied by the confidentiality demanded of me by law, there was only one way I could make a statement that something was wrong. I chose it. I resigned.

When you don't take a stand against corruption you tacitly support it.

Every good lawyer knows that if there is something in his client's cause that so personally offends you, morally, religiously, or if it so offends you that you think it would undermine your ability to do your duty as a lawyer, then you shouldn't take it on.

If I, taking care of everyone's interests, also take care of my own, you can't talk about a conflict of interest.

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.

I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general.

The ethics of journalism are one thing. Another thing is the ethics of business.

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job.

I had no concerns - I had no reason to have concerns based on what was available to me about North's contacts with the private sector people, but I didn't think a CIA person should do it.

I don't like conflicts of interest; they should be eliminated or disclosed. I believe in transparency: that people have to really not just know but understand what they're buying and selling.

There is a kind of innate conflict of interest when members of congressional ethics committees are called upon to judge their colleagues.

A perception of a conflict of interest is jsut as bad as a conflict of interest,

My responsibility is to make judgments about hard, complex issues that I believe to be right.

When you decide you're going to be a public servant, you should not be able to take on interests that conflict with the city.

My personal code of conduct and compliance with a wide range of government ethics provisions have ensured that I have maintained ethical standards.

It is interesting that I have gone through the process of representing clients as an ex-athlete. I am certainly not naive to think that the possibility of corruption isn't there.

I would not allow CIA to undertake activity that is immoral, even if it is technically legal.

Government lawyers, like private ones, face the problem routinely of aiding in the defense and development of positions in whose correctness they don't believe.

I have never asked anyone, including the president, for anything for the company or my personal gain.

I will keep repeating, that if you find me guilty of corruption then take the strictest action against me.

Any tool can be used for good or bad. It's really the ethics of the artist using it.

People may not have the right to know about your personal, private life or any detail about any potentially embarrassing photo, but they do have the right to know whether you are honest, candid and forthcoming.