Deceit Quote by William H. Ginsburg

“President Reagan proposed further broadening the use of the polygraph test. All executive departments were authorized to “require employees to take a polygraph examination…

— Paul Ekman

“Remember that the polygraph test is not a lie detector. It only detects emotional arousal.”

— Paul Ekman

To become a Secret Service agent, applicants must pass a polygraph exam. But after being hired, agents are never required to undergo regular lie…

— Ronald Kessler

“Webster’s Dictionary is correct that the polygraph is sometimes called the lie detector, but that is misleading. The polygraph doesn’t detect lies per se.…

— Paul Ekman

“The polygrapher is not one’s friend even if he or she tries to convince one he or she is on one’s side. Outright deception!…

— S. A. David

My own view is that if you filled every member of the parliamentary Labour party with a truth drug and lashed them to a…

— Frank Dobson

The Operative tried to implement the Purusey breathing technique, which has been proven effective at fooling polygraphs. There is no conclusive evidence as to…

— Ally Carter

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

— Walter Lippmann

“If we grant that our evolutionary history did not prepare us to detect lies from demeanor, why do we not learn how to do…

— Paul Ekman

“Who can detect lies except an omniscient almighty that sits in the sky and watches us from the firmament?”

— S. A. David

Studies by several different researchers have shown that the number of lies we're told each day is anywhere from 20 - 200. To many,…

— Pamela Meyer

Lie detectors sometimes work because people believe they work, deterring the wrong people from applying for jobs in the first place, or prompting admissions…

— Bill Dedman