Quotes by J. Edgar Hoover

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.

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

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.

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

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

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