List of J. Edgar Hoover Quotes

The Federal Bureau Of Investigation Has Been Requested To Assist In The Investigation Of Reported Sightings Of Flying Disks.

Justice Is Merely Incidental To Law And Order. Law And Order Is What Covers The Whole Picture. Justice Is Part Of It, But It Can't Be Separated As A Single Thing.

Banks Are An Almost Irresistible Attraction For That Element Of Our Society Which Seeks Unearned Money.

I Would Do It [study Ufos], But Before Agreeing To Do It, We Must Insist Upon Full Access To Discs Recovered. For Instance In The L.a. Case, The Army Grabbed It And Would Not Let Us Have It For Cursory Examination.

Why Should You Care If You Have Nothing To Hide?

All Persons Who Bear The Blessed Title Of Parent Have The Personal Responsibility To See That Their Children Are Growing Up Fully Appreciative Of The Rights Of God And Their Fellowmen.

Justice Is Incidental To Law And Order.

What You Need Is A Good Hoovering.

Experts Say That Children Are Not Born Criminals, Nor Pampered Parasites. They Are Made That Way By The Environment In Which They Live.

Even Great Men Can Be Corrupted

The Flames Of Freedom Which Were Lighted Across This Great Land Of Ours In Thomas Jefferson's Day Have Continued To Burn With An Intense And Magnetic Light For Nearly 200 Years. They Have Been Fed By The Spiritual Fuel Which Abounds Only In A Land Where An Abiding Faith In God And Recognition Of Him As The True Author Of Liberty Prevail.

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.

I Don't Need To Tell You That, What Determines A Man's Legacy Is Often What Isn't Seen.

There Is No Doubt That America Is Now The Prime Target Of International Communism.

We (the Fbi) Are A Fact-gathering Organization Only. We Don't Clear Anybody. We Don't Condemn Anybody.

The Will To Do, The Tenacity To Overcome All Obstacles And To Finish The Course, The Strength To Cling To Inexorable Ideals, Are All Rooted In Courage.

The Cure For Crime Is Not The Electric Chair, But The High Chair.

When Morals Decline And Good Men Do Nothing, Evil Flourishes.

There Is Something Addictive About Secrets.

What We Need In America Today Is A Vigorous Return To The God Of Our Fathers And A Most Vigorous Defense Against The Minion Of Godlessness And Atheism.

It Can Be Held Certain That Information That Is Withheld Or Suppressed Contains Truths That Are Detrimental To The Persons Involved In The Suppression.

The American Mind Simply Has Not Come To A Realization Of The Evil Which Has Been Introduced Into Our Midst.

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.

No Amount Of Law Enforcement Can Solve A Problem That Goes Back To The Family.