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> [Lacking a profit motive, workers in the government by and large have a different work ethic from those in private industry. When they could make one call, federal workers take a meeting. When they could find an answer on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/lacking-a-profit-motive-workers-in-the-government-by-and-large-have-a/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

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## More by Ronald Kessler

> [To reform the Secret Service, the agency needs a director from outside the agency who will be immune from that culture and not beholden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/to-reform-the-secret-service-the-agency-needs-a-director-from-outside/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [“The White House is a character crucible," according to Bertram S. Brown, M.D., a psychiatrist who formerly headed the National Institute of Mental Health…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/the-white-house-is-a-character-crucible-according-to-bertram-s-brown/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [Complex man that he was, J. Edgar Hoover left nothing to chance. The director shrewdly recognized that building what became known as the world's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/complex-man-that-he-was-j-edgar-hoover-left-nothing-to-chance-the/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [Voters who disregarded Richard Nixon's involvement in the questionable ethics issue that led to his Checkers speech should not have been surprised when he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/voters-who-disregarded-richard-nixon-s-involvement-in-the/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [To become a Secret Service agent, applicants must pass a polygraph exam. But after being hired, agents are never required to undergo regular lie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/to-become-a-secret-service-agent-applicants-must-pass-a-polygraph/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [“No one can imagine the kind of pressure being president of the U.S. imposes on an individual and how easily a president can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/no-one-can-imagine-the-kind-of-pressure-being-president-of-the-u-s/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [In a series of articles beginning on Oct. 2, 1966, I wrote about the long-forgotten history of the Liberty Tree. To call attention to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/in-a-series-of-articles-beginning-on-oct-2-1966-i-wrote-about-the/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [“Voters tend to forget that presidents are, first and foremost, people. If they are unbalanced, nasty, and hypocritical, that will be reflected in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/voters-tend-to-forget-that-presidents-are-first-and-foremost-people/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [Love him or hate him, no one has been able to figure out Donald Trump.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/love-him-or-hate-him-no-one-has-been-able-to-figure-out-donald-trump/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [Rather than use the term 'profiling,' the profilers prefer to say they engage in criminal investigative analysis. That is because, besides developing profiles, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/rather-than-use-the-term-profiling-the-profilers-prefer-to-say-they/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [The media are always on the lookout for possible sightings of D.B. Cooper, the man who parachuted from a plane with $200,000 in ransom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/the-media-are-always-on-the-lookout-for-possible-sightings-of-d-b/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [The truth is that no internal reviews or congressional hearings will change the Secret Service's broken management culture. It needs better leadership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/the-truth-is-that-no-internal-reviews-or-congressional-hearings-will/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [With the selection of Acting Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy as the director, President Obama has guaranteed that the agency will continue to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/with-the-selection-of-acting-secret-service-director-joseph-p-clancy/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [TacOps is a unit which breaks into homes and offices to plant bugging devices. They get into mafia hangouts, they go into embassies, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/tacops-is-a-unit-which-breaks-into-homes-and-offices-to-plant-bugging/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

> [When I was doing interviews at the FBI, my tape recorder battery died. They gave me a new one, and I said, 'Of course,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/when-i-was-doing-interviews-at-the-fbi-my-tape-recorder-battery-died/)

[Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/)

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