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. Law and order is what covers the whole picture. Justice is part of it, but it can't be separated as a single thing.
Justice is incidental to law and order.
No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.
A child who has been taught to respect the laws of God will have little difficulty respecting the laws of men.
The most effective weapon against crime is cooperation... The efforts of all law enforcement agencies with the support and understanding of the American people.
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.
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.