J. Edgar Hoover Quotes

"Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money."
- J. Edgar Hoover
(Related: Money, Society, Banks)

"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."
- J. Edgar Hoover
(Related: Act, Commerce, Intimacy, Regret)

"Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo."
- J. Edgar Hoover
(Related: Information)

"Justice is incidental to law and order."
- J. Edgar Hoover
(Related: Justice, Law, Order)

"No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family."
- J. Edgar Hoover
(Related: Family, Law)

"The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair."
- J. Edgar Hoover
(Related: Crime, Cure)

"We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody."
- J. Edgar Hoover
(Related: Fact)