J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hooverwas the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigationof the United States. He was appointed as the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation—predecessor to the FBI—in 1924 and was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972, aged 77. Hoover is credited with building the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency than it was at its inception, and with instituting a number of modernizations to police technology, such...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLaw Enforcement Officer
Date of Birth1 January 1895
CountryUnited States of America
J. Edgar Hoover quotes about
Justice is merely incidental to law and order.
We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.
There is no doubt that America is now the prime target of international communism.
Experts say that children are not born criminals, nor pampered parasites. They are made that way by the environment in which they live.
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.
What you need is a good Hoovering.
Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been requested to assist in the investigation of reported sightings of flying disks...
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.
We (the FBI) are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.
Why should you care if you have nothing to hide?
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.
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.
It can be held certain that information that is withheld or suppressed contains truths that are detrimental to the persons involved in the suppression.