Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo.
- J. Edgar Hoover
Making, Begins, Gestapo, FBI
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, Some, Cases, FBI
Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
- J. Edgar Hoover
Money, Society, Which, Attraction
Justice is merely incidental to law and order.
- J. Edgar Hoover
Justice, Law, Law And Order, Order
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
Him, Tell, Had, Key
No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.
- J. Edgar Hoover
Law, Problem, Amount, Enforcement
We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.
- J. Edgar Hoover
Only, Clear, Anybody, Organization
The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.
- J. Edgar Hoover
Chair, High, Electric, Crime
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