"We took care of Kennedy . . . The hit in Dallas was just like any other operation we’d worked on in the past."
—Sam Giancana to his brother

"We shouldn’t have killed John. We should’ve killed Bobby." —Santo Trafficante Jr., 1987

"The committee believes, on the basis of the evidence available to it, that President John F. Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. The committee is unable to identify the other gunman or the extent of the conspiracy." —Final Report, House Select Committee of Assassinations (HSCA), 1979

"We don't have any proof that Oswald fired the rifle. No one has been able to put him in that building with a gun in his hand." —Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry, quoted by United Press International, November 5, 1969

"He was quite a mysterious fellow, and he did have a connection . . . The extent of the influence of those connections on him I think history will deal with more than we're able to now." —President Lyndon Baines Johnson on Lee Harvey Oswald

"We have not been told the truth about Oswald." —Hale Boggs, Warren Commission member

"I now fully realize that only the powers of the Presidency will reveal the secrets of my brother's death." —Robert Kennedy, June 3, 1968, two days before he was assassinated

". . . [I]t is the most bizarre conspiracy in the history of the world. It'll come out at a future date." —Jack Ruby

". . . we might have ridden into an ambush." —JFK aide David Powers

"I didn't shoot anybody, no sir . . . I'm just a patsy." —Lee Harvey Oswald