J Edgar Hoover Famous Quotes



Justice is incidental to law and order.

"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."


J Edgar Hoover Quotations






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Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Henry Kaiser

"Science cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts."
John Owen

"Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be."
Jimmy Johnson

"Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them."
Oscar Fingall O Flahertie Wills Wilde

Dans ce pays-ci il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres. (In this country England it is thought well to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. from Candide)
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire

"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.Lat., Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow."
Horace

"The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and 'have fun'."
Phillip Lopate

"Al Czervik Hey everybody, we're all gonna get laid."
CaddyShack

"Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace Where there is hatred let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light Where there is sadness, joy."
Saint Francis of Assisi

Pointing out the comic elements of a situation can bring a sense of proportion and perspective to what might otherwise seem an overwhelming problem.
Harvey Mindess