Chance Quote by Ronald Kessler

[ 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…

— Clint Eastwood

I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big,…

— Clint Eastwood

If you're a history buff, you know about J. Edgar Hoover. He was likely the most powerful man in the US. If you start…

— Dustin Lance Black

You know, back in the 1950s and '60s, when J. Edgar Hoover was making the FBI the respected organization it used to be, oftentimes…

— Howie Carr

If you read any of the biographies on J. Edgar Hoover, you find that they contradict each other more than they agree. Often times,…

— Clint Eastwood

I just kind of had my own impressions growing up with Hoover as a heroic figure in the 40s - actually the 30s, 40s,…

— Clint Eastwood

Herbert Hoover was a man of genuine, fine character, but he lacked practical political sense. And he couldn't bend and shift and change with…

— Robert Dallek

The notion of law enforcement as professional, not political, began developing as an aspiration and an ethos even while, in practice, the FBI was…

— Benjamin Wittes

Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.

— Clint Eastwood

“Hoover’s attention to the case had waxed and waned over the years, but he had become so agitated about the growing criticism he was…

— David Grann

“By 1951, Herbert Hoover was the fifth-most-admired man in the country. Asked how he’d redeemed himself after being turned into a villain, Hoover gave…

— Brady Carlson

It's interesting in this day and age to do a film about political espionage and wiretapping. I don't think that those types of secrets…

— Leonardo DiCaprio