If you pull your weapon to shoot, you shoot.
A man does not preside over his successes. Just his failures.
Never move anything into an office you can’t carry out in one box.
It’s better to be on the inside, maybe be able to change something, than be on the outside and not be able to change anything.[Sandrine Arnaud: How could you be in the CIA, knowing everything your government does?]
When you work behind a desk, your friends don’t get killed. They don’t get captured. They don’t go down in helicopters. But it’s the work, it’s the real work that still needs to get done.
The man at the top can trust no one. Everyone else needs allies.[to Alexei]
Sometimes you have to break a few rules just to get the job done.
You got to go with your gut, that’s all you got. Sometimes it doesn’t work out. That’s the job.
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This business isn’t about trust, it’s about intelligence.
There are no heroes in our profession. But, occasionally, there are good men. Men who act on what is right. Not simply doing what they’re told.[to Jack]
People don’t randomly pick passwords, not even terrorist masterminds. They pick something personal.
No matter how hard I try, no matter how many protocols I break, I will never have the real power in this government.[to Senator Henshaw]