45 Quotes by J. Edgar Hoover

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.

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.

What you need is a good Hoovering.

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.

Why should you care if you have nothing to hide?

I would do it [study UFOs], but before agreeing to do it, we must insist upon full access to discs recovered. For instance in the L.A. case, the Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination.