J. Edgar Hoover

“Justice is merely incidental to law and order.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.”

“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.”

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