I am prepared to waive the privilege against self-incrimination and to tell you everything you wish to know about my views or actions if your committee will agree to refrain from asking me to name other people. If the committee is unwilling to give me this assurance, I will be forced to plead the privilege of the fifth amendment at the hearing.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker agrees to answer questions unless asked to name others, invoking the Fifth Amendment otherwise.
- In plain terms
- I will answer unless I must name others.
- What can you take from it?
- Know your rights in legal proceedings.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Would you cooperate?
- What rights matter most?
Another view
This approach may still lead to legal trouble.
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