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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Experts say that children are not born criminals, nor pampered parasites. They are made that way by the environment in which they live.J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover, of the FBI, explained that juvenile delinquents seldom come from homes in which Parents try to understand their children and find time to cultivate their friendship and love. Parents of integrity face facts and live by the truth. Parents live wit.
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice is incidental to law and order.
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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.
J. Edgar Hoover
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
The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.
J. Edgar Hoover
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