Patrick Collins Quotations

Unless and until the state, city and county learn there are victims of corruption ... (and) unless and until people who vote understand that there are important consequences in their public officials' acts of dishonesty, this system will not change.

We have a plan right now, but we need to get a couple more things solidified.

Scott Fawell was Frankenstein for George Ryan. George Ryan created him, George Ryan let him function.

I don't believe this case is in trouble.

I believe the juror verdict will stand. I have every bit of confidence this verdict will stand.

I think you have more people on the board now who take things personally.

I went into this trial with the utmost respect for Mr. Webb. I had heard he is the greatest lawyer in America, and I heard he is a former U.S. attorney and that his word is his bond. That is not the way this trial has transpired. We have been lied to.

That's been our position all along, ... That's why we have dedicated the resources we have to this investigation since 1998.

Whether you're the dog catcher or the governor, you're elected for something to do work for the citizens of the district. And the day that you want to work for yourself or your family is the day you ought to go in the private sector.

There is a tremendous amount of policy issues we have to look at. What if you have the simple fact that somebody is afraid to come to work. Are we going to pay somebody not to come to work because they are afraid?

We're trying to train all our employees so they know what is going on and we're looking at how we can use our volunteers.

We've been really and truly planning and looking at the whole gamut of medical issues. Every bit of that has strengthened this region to be able to respond to whatever calamity that may occur.

We would have a very hard time keeping up without the new machines. On one station we've been able to reduce the number of workers from six down to three.

The reason they want Mrs. McFadden on, Judge, is they think that she's ... going in (their) direction. They want Mr. Rein off this jury.

We see it in everything from health care customer service to consultants who build projects together. They can work out of their homes. That happens more and more. In our market, your office might be in L.A., but you might be there once a week because you don't have to be. It's all Internet and phone.

We should be able to show that this was a whitewash, ... What they were about was quashing the legitimate investigative arm of the secretary of state's office.

Concealing is a fraud, particularly when you're hooked up with a state official.

The whole key to this is to remain flexible.

You still have strong personal feelings for Mr. Ryan?

A lot of critics indicated that this trial took long, we put on too much evidence. But there was no smoking gun in this case - this case was tried witness by witness, piece of evidence by piece of evidence. It was only looking at the totality of the case that the true picture could be shown to this jury. And that was a picture of corruption at the highest levels of government.

There's a lot of work that gets done by a lot of people around the world. Where you are, in certain industries, is not that critical any more.

It's not going to feel like quite the same glory days, but that's because it's been such an incredible pace, ... We're still going to experience a fairly strong economy.

At this point, we're in the red $20,000 and that's going to have to come out of our operating budget.

In 1998 this case started as licenses for bribes, and if anyone would have said when we first heard from a wire tap about fundraising that we would be here today talking about a verdict against the governor, I would have said they are crazy.

I probably have as many meetings about pandemic influenza as I've ever had on anything else in emergency management.

If fully a quarter of your people don't show up, you are going to have to do some serious juggling to make sure the essential services continue. We've been trying to figure out where we can get people to plug into these holes.

The law firm . . . was the staging ground of this stunt.