Quotes from Trey Gowdy

For 16 years I spoke in trial metaphors, and perhaps I need to get out of that habit.

I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something - losing your life is secondary to losing your honor.

When people in positions of trust mislead us - either recklessly, negligently or intentionally - that impacts the republic.

The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you're withholding something. That's human nature. That may not be a legal presumption, but that's a common sense presumption.

When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.

I thought that was the crown jewel of the reporter's resume - to actually go to jail protecting a source.

Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted.

Unless your name is Jack Bauer, you cannot make people talk.

October of 2011, Occupy protestors descended upon McPherson Square, and they decided to stay. Despite the clear language of the law, these protestors camped at McPherson Square with the definition of camping being sleeping or preparing to sleep.

The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about respect for the rule of law!