US government official.
He was director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1924 until his death in 1972.
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."
No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.
"The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair."
"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.