J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover

John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States.

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No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.

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J. Edgar Hoover

The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.

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J. Edgar Hoover

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.

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J. Edgar Hoover

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

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J. Edgar Hoover

We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don`t clear anybody. We don`t condemn anybody.

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J. Edgar Hoover

I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.

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J. Edgar Hoover

Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo.

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J. Edgar Hoover

Justice is incidental to law and order.

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J. Edgar Hoover