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Vote: | 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. |
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Vote: | Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money. |
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Vote: | 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. |
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Vote: | Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo. |
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Vote: | Justice is incidental to law and order. |
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Vote: | We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody. |
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John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from May 10, 1924, until his death in 1972, having been appointed to that position for life by President John Calvin Coolidge. During his tenure, Hoover attained extraordinary power and unusual discretionary authority, while also feuding with many adversaries who accused of having links to the Mafia, gathering information for the purposes of blackmail and being a homosexual and transvestite while persecuting others with similar predilictions.
FBI legacy
To date, Hoover is the longest-serving leader of an executive branch agency in the United States, having served under a record eight presidents, from Coolidge to Richard Nixon; indeed, it is because of Hoover that, since his tenure, FBI Directors have been limited to ten-year terms.
Hoover is credited with creating an effective law enforcement organization, but has frequently been accused of flagrantly abusing his authority in blackmailing notable public figures and engaging in unwarranted political persecution. Hoover's COINTELPRO program allowed FBI agents to harass, disrupt, and destroy 'enemies' such as the Black Panther Party and other leftist political organizations. Hoover habitually fired FBI agents, either randomly or by singling out those who "looked like truck drivers" or had "pointy heads." He was also notorious for assigning agents who had displeased him to career-ending jobs in cities with little need for an FBI presence.
Nevertheless, in 1966, he received the Distinguished Achievement Award from President Lyndon Johnson for his role as Director of the FBI.
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