How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Quote #4
TOM RIDDLE: Sir, if it all stopped, if the person responsible was caught...
ALBUS DUMBLEDORE: Is there something you wish to tell me?
TOM RIDDLE: No, sir. Nothing.
Talk about a smooth liar. When Harry tries this same line on Dumbledore at least he feels bad. Tom doesn't blink. He just fibs right to his professor's face. A young psychopath in the making.
Quote #5
TOM RIDDLE: Evening, Hagrid. I'm going to have to turn you in. I don't think you meant it to kill anyone...
RUBEUS HAGRID: You can't. You don't understand.
TOM RIDDLE: The dead girl's parents will be here tomorrow. The least Hogwarts can do is make sure the thing that killed their daughter is slaughtered.
RUBEUS HAGRID: It wasn't him. Aragog never killed no one. Never.
TOM RIDDLE: Monsters don't make good pets, Hagrid.
Wow. Tom even keeps up appearances when he arrests Hagrid. He knows that Aragog isn't the monster from the Chamber of Secrets, but he never lets on. He has Hagrid expelled and covers up his crimes for the next fifty years. Talk about a long con.
Quote #6
LUCIUS MALFOY: The other governors and I have decided it's time for you to step aside. This is an order of suspension. You'll find all twelve signatures on it. I'm afraid we feel you've rather lost your touch. Well, what, with all these attacks there'll be no Muggle-borns left at Hogwarts. I can only imagine what an awful loss that would be to the school.
Speaking of schemers, Lucius Malfoy is a pretty good one. He sees an opening to get rid of Dumbledore and he takes it. To be fair, it couldn't have been too hard to convince the Hogwarts governors to sign off on his removal. There was a basilisk living in the castle for a thousand years and he never found it, so we do kind of question his wizard skills there.