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J. Edgar Hoover
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“I always thought this Marston was a phony.”
J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972) said by 1972 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: WMM, in Jill Lepore, The Secret History of Wonder Woman (2014), p. 166.
“[Whoever did this] must be exterminated, and they must be exterminated by us.”
J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972) first seen 1933 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the perpetrators of the Kansas City Massacre of 1933, as quoted in Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 by Bryan Burrough (2004: Penguin), p. 51.
“Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.”
J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: News summaries (7 April 1955).
“Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo.”
J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Look magazine (14 June 1956).
“We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don’t clear anybody. We don’t condemn anybody.”
J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Look magazine (14 June 1956).
“The menace of communism in this country will remain a menace until the American people make themselves aware of the techniques of communism. No one who truly understands what it really is can be taken in by it. Yet the individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst. It rejects even the assumption that human creatures could espouse a philosophy which must ultimately destroy all that is good and decent.”
J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Elks Magazine (August 1956).
“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 (1895–1972) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What I Would Tell a Son" Family Weekly (14 July 1963).
“Justice is merely incidental to law and order [...] Law and order is what covers the whole picture.”
J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On CBS News in 1968 with Walter Cronkite, cited by Beverly Gage "America Is Safer Than It Used to Be. So Why Do We Still Have Calls for ‘Law and Order’?" The New York Times (August 30, 2016)
“You state that the Bureau under the [counter-intelligence program] should not attack programs of community interest such as the [Black Panther Party] "Breakfast for Children." … You have obviously missed the point ... This program was formed by the BPP for obvious reasons, including their efforts to create an image of civility, assume community control of Negroes, and to fill adolescent children with their insidious poison.”
J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Racial Intelligence: Black Panther Party (BPP)" (27 May 1969).
“Purpose of counter-intelligence action is to disrupt [Black Panther Party] and it is immaterial whether facts exist to substantiate the charge. If facts are present it aids in the success of the proposal but the Bureau feels … that disruption can be accomplished without facts to back it up.”
J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Memo (16 Sept. 1970).