"Political views were irrelevant to the director. He valued creative intelligence, a love of adventure, and a willingness to fight the enemy." - Noel Fitch Riley
"If you define leadership as having a vision for an organization, and the ability to attract, motivate and guide followers to fulfill that vision, you have Bill Donovan in spades." - Fisher Howe, special assistant to General Donovan
"The OSS was a remarkable institution: half cops and robbers and half faculty meeting." - McGeorge Bundy
"It wasn't a spit-and-polish organization. It was a can-do outfit." - Col. William H. Pietsch Jr., USA (Ret.)
"I have never known such a bunch of troublemakers in my life." - Bernard Knox