Around the world Quote by Mae Brussell
““President Lyndon Johnson was forced to select a commission to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy and the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby. Texas authorities were called upon to conduct the original investigation. There were too many suspicious people around the world who believed a conspiracy existed. Those rumors had to be squelched. J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI never budged from its position that Lee Harvey acted alone. Any evidence that didn’t conform to this conclusion was ignored. Twenty-six volumes of witness testimony and exhibits were published, and only 8,000 copies were sold. No more reprints. The contradiction between the conclusions of the Warren Report, and the abundance of discrepancies in the other volumes, makes fascinating reading. Chief Justice Earl Warren, John J. McCloy and Allen Dulles were LBJ’s logical choices. President Kennedy didn’t trust CIA Director Dulles. Now JFK was dead and Dulles would be in charge of all possible “conspiracy” investigations. Richard Nixon, temporarily retired from politics for the first time since 1946, selected Rep. Gerald Ford to sit on this commission. Nixon selected Ford a second time when he ran home to escape impeachment during the Watergate hearings.””
About This Quote
Source Historical analysis: Conspiracy theories surrounding JFK assassination, 1960s–1970s
The quote outlines the political maneuvering and suppression of dissenting evidence in the aftermath of Kennedy’s assassination, highlighting institutional bias.
In simple terms: Authorities controlled the narrative, ignoring contradictory evidence.
Question official accounts and seek multiple sources.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- government investigations
- public trust
- historical research
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- Why do conspiracies persist despite official denial?
- How can transparency be enforced?
It may overstate uniformity of suppression, ignoring dissenting voices.