Justice is incidental to law and order.

Quote by J Edgar Hoover

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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned...

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned...

No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.

No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.

Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its...

Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its...

The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.

The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.

We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.

We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is...

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is...

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned...

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned...

I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases...

I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases...

Justice is incidental to law and order.

Justice is incidental to law and order.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

In this court the parties changed positions as nimbly as if dancing a quadrille.

In this court the parties changed positions as nimbly as if dancing a quadrille.

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Respondent's expectation that his garden was protected from observation is unreasonable and is not an...

Respondent's expectation that his garden was protected from observation is unreasonable and is not an...

Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge!

Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge!

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

$Every law is an infraction of liberty.$

Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has...

Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...