Royce Versteeg

“What the American people didn’t know was how aggressive the government was in protecting our defenses and creating weapons. FDR had already secretly approved the Manhattan Project to build an atomic bomb. And the government saw the waterfront as vital to our defenses. They feared that spies or other saboteurs would infiltrate the docks and interrupt the shipments of supplies or somehow obtain vital information about America’s secrets. They made a deal with the Mafia, specifically gangster Charles “Lucky” Luciano.”
― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

“The people have a right to know. And a right to protect themselves. I’m only doing my job.”
― S.E. Stitcher, The Doomsday Butcher

“They asked if I thought he would have done something - like jumped-off-a-bridge something - and I said I didn't think so, but I also think most of us are two steps away from jumping off something most of the time and you never know if the next day is going to push you in one way or another.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God... These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. ”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi