J. Edgar Hoover Quotes

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.
J. Edgar Hoover

Truth, Liar, Single

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

Family, Law, Problem

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.
J. Edgar Hoover

Regret, Act, Unless

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

High, Crime, Cure

We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.
J. Edgar Hoover

Anybody, Clear, Condemn

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

Money, Society, Almost

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

Done, Making, Begins

Justice is incidental to law and order.
J. Edgar Hoover

Justice, Law, Order

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: January 1, 1895

Died: May 2, 1972

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