I'm so happy, I think I'll dress up like J. Edgar Hoover and sing show tunes. — Don Imus Copy Share Image
By 1967, J. Edgar Hoover had concluded that the Black Panther Party had replaced the Communist Party as the gravest threat to… — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
“[Re: J. Edgar Hoover] His knowledge was enormous, though his mind was narrow.” — Tim Weiner Copy Share Image
Do I think J. Edgar Hoover was gay? Yes. Do I think he cross-dressed? No. — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
“You right,” Hawk said. “Couldn’t happen. Be like J. Edgar Hoover running around in a dress.” “Exactly,” I said. “Impossible.” — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“So this is where the CIA began—with J. Edgar Hoover telling the British to go to hell, and the British not appreciating… — Jason Fagone Copy Share Image
[ J. Edgar]Hoover, I'm sure, felt that he was right in everything he did and even the things that we don't like… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
J. Edgar Hoover, J. Bracken Lee, J. Parnell Thomas, J. Paul Getty -- you can always tell a shithead by that initial… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
J. Edgar Hoover very famously denied the existence of organized crime up until the Appalachian Meeting, I think, in 1957. It was… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
J. Edgar Hoover: When morals decline and good men do nothing, evil flourishes. A society unwilling to learn from past is doomed.… — J. Edgar Hoover Copy Share Image
There are so many parallels in society today [with era of J. Edgar Hoover ] that you can use, whether it's the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
It's an incredible education [for the movie J. Edgar Hoover] . It was like I did a college course on J. Edgar… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
If you read any of the biographies on J. Edgar Hoover, you find that they contradict each other more than they agree.… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Also, with information having just come out at the time about J. Edgar Hoover's electronic surveillance of Dr. King, it gave greater… — Louis Stokes Copy Share Image
I had not been very kind to J. Edgar Hoover. And the field agent had written on - it was sent directly… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
You know, back in the 1950s and '60s, when J. Edgar Hoover was making the FBI the respected organization it used to… — Howie Carr Copy Share Image
“And so, given the musical sensibilities Hatcher treasured in his earthly life, it is hard to exaggerate the severity of his torture… — Robert Olen Butler Copy Share Image
“Under Cheney’s direction, the United States moved to restore the powers of secret intelligence that had flourished for fifty-five years under J.… — Tim Weiner Copy Share Image
We're interested in complex characters and he's a complex character, [J. Edgar] Hoover. I like these types of dramas. I've made a… — Brian Grazer Copy Share Image
I just kind of had my own impressions growing up with Hoover as a heroic figure in the 40s - actually the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
“My anxiety level was rising pretty fast now. Visits with the FBI can do that to you, I guess. I'd had bad… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
If you're a history buff, you know about J. Edgar Hoover. He was likely the most powerful man in the US. If… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
Angela Davis's legacy as a freedom fighter made her an enemy of the state under the increasingly neoliberal regimes of Nixon, Reagan… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Sometime in the fifties I remember seeing On the Waterfront in the movies with Mary and thinking that I’m at least as… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover “mistrusted and disliked all three Kennedy brothers. President Johnson and Hoover had mutual fear and hatred for… — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
“J. Edgar Hoover, the pugnacious director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), put it country-simple for a lay audience when he… — Martin A. Lee Copy Share Image
“The Republican Roosevelt wanted to fight plutocrats as well as anarchists. Their plunder of oil, coal, minerals, and timber on federal lands… — Tim Weiner Copy Share Image
“FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had made the Black Panthers a top priority and, naturally, had publicly “declared war” on them.” — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
I have great respect for the FBI, and I know that there have been some rumors lately that the FBI was disenchanted… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
It's interesting in this day and age to do a film about political espionage and wiretapping. I don't think that those types… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
“I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
To me, you couldn't write a character like J. Edgar Hoover and have it be believable. I mean, he was a crock… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
We actually did a lot of takes on this movie [J. Edgar Hoover]. I never left the set wanting more. That's for… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
There was one moment when J. Edgar Hoover and us had the same distorted lens about who we were - "a real… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
If Congress is going to investigate baseball players about whether or not they told the truth, how can we justify giving the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
My father was the first black Secret Service agent. He wanted to get into the FBI but J. Edgar Hoover, who was… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
The notion of law enforcement as professional, not political, began developing as an aspiration and an ethos even while, in practice, the… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I’d be standing… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
They [FBI] had a lot of clippings, a lot of articles I'd written. And to me the - the funniest one was… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
![“[Re: J. Edgar Hoover] His knowledge was enormous, though his mind was narrow.” quote by Tim Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/tim-weiner-19114_j-edgar-hoover_re-j-edgar-hoover-his-knowledge-was-enor_1513227.jpg)
![“[ J. Edgar]Hoover, I'm sure, felt that he was right in everything he did and even the things that we don't like about his character.” quote by Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/327/clint-eastwood-513_character_j-edgar-hoover-i-m-sure-felt-that-he-was_185739.jpg)
![“There are so many parallels in society today [with era of J. Edgar Hoover ] that you can use, whether it's the head of a studio or the head of an organization, a major newspaper, a major factory or company, of people who stay too long, maybe, and overstay their usefulness.” quote by Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/clint-eastwood-513_business_there-are-so-many-parallels-in-society-t_2526691.jpg)
![“It's an incredible education [for the movie J. Edgar Hoover] . It was like I did a college course on J. Edgar Hoover but not knowing and understanding the history and reading the books, but understanding what motivated this man was the most fascinating part of the research.” quote by Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/dustin-lance-black-4536_book_it-s-an-incredible-education-for-the-mov_699402.png)
![“We're interested in complex characters and he's a complex character, [J. Edgar] Hoover. I like these types of dramas. I've made a few of them and I'm also interested in power structures so it just has elements that fascinate me, and the more you learn about Hoover, the more polarizing you realize…” quote by Brian Grazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/brian-grazer-10816_character_we-re-interested-in-complex-characters-a_837343.jpg)
![“I have great respect for the FBI, and I know that there have been some rumors lately that the FBI was disenchanted because of what we were doing in story, or doing a certain take: that's not true. Actually the FBI was tremendously enthusiastic about us doing [ J. Edgar Hoover ] film.” quote by Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/clint-eastwood-513_certain_i-have-great-respect-for-the-fbi-and-i-k_648960.jpg)
![“To me, you couldn't write a character like J. Edgar Hoover and have it be believable. I mean, he was a crock pot of eccentricities. We couldn't even fit all his eccentricities into [ the same named] movie.” quote by Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/dustin-lance-black-4536_believable_to-me-you-couldn-t-write-a-character-lik_1012862.png)
![“We actually did a lot of takes on this movie [J. Edgar Hoover]. I never left the set wanting more. That's for sure. I don't know. This was a very difficult character for me and a lot of the other actors here, and at times we went and did 8 or 9 or 10 takes on a single day.” quote by Leonardo DiCaprio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/leonardo-dicaprio-997_actors_we-actually-did-a-lot-of-takes-on-this-m_2260432.jpg)
![“If Congress is going to investigate baseball players about whether or not they told the truth, how can we justify giving the most powerful intelligence official, [James] Clapper, a pass? This is how J. Edgar Hoover ended up in charge of the FBI forever.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/edward-snowden-555_ball-player_if-congress-is-going-to-investigate-base_388233.jpg)
![“They [FBI] had a lot of clippings, a lot of articles I'd written. And to me the - the funniest one was - I had done a piece for Playboy about J. Edgar Hoover.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdc/nat-hentoff-1615_articles_they-fbi-had-a-lot-of-clippings-a-lot-of_1036896.png)