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Quotes by J. Edgar Hoover

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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

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

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

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

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

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Justice is merely incidental to law and order.

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

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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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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: January 1st, 1895

Died: May 2nd, 1972

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