Robert Morgenthau Quotations

What this case shows is, number one, the importance of the federal data bank, and number two, the importance of keeping rape kits,

I would rather have my fate in the hands of 23 representative citizens of the county than in the hands of a politically appointed judge.

If it had not been for that there would have been no ability to get into the database and there would have been nothing, no forensic evidence, no DNA evidence,

I want to thank the voters... for showing their confidence and I will try to live up to that voter confidence. I pledge that we will try to bring justice to every community in this city.

We don't know who was sending the money and who was receiving it,

The public should be reassured that there is a policeman on the block, that they're effective and if anything like this happens, it's going to be reported and investigated,

This office has, for several months, been conducting an exhaustive investigation, in light of new evidence, to determine the facts, ... All these painstaking steps are necessary if we are to provide answers to the defendants and the victims, their families and all New Yorkers. This investigation will be fair, impartial and complete.

The Oil-for-Food Program was set up as a way for the Iraqi people to receive humanitarian goods and not to line the pockets of the ruling party ... Any attempts to circumvent the UN's regulations and pay money directly to the government are being closely examined and, where appropriate, will be prosecuted.

A.R. Baron was created and existed for no other reason than to line the pockets of its executives and employees at the expense of unsuspecting members of the investing public, ... Today's indictment depicts an investment firm totally out of control.

A victim never forgets the crime, ... A defendant should never be permitted to think he's home free just because of the passage of time.

The city needs the money. Nobody's going to wink. If you don't pay your taxes, you're going to be prosecuted,