• Before the Freedom of Information Act, I used to say at meetings "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." [...] But since the Freedom of Information Act, I'm afraid to say things like that.

    Henry A. Kissinger: Before the Freedom of Information Act, I used to say at meetings "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." [...] But since the Freedom of Information Act, I'm afraid to say things like that.
    Henry A. Kissinger's speech to Turkish Foreign Minister Melih Esenbel in Ankara, Turkey, March 10, 1975.