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

I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.

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.

Experts say that children are not born criminals, nor pampered parasites. They are made that way by the environment in which they live.

I don't need to tell you that, what determines a man's legacy is often what isn't seen.

The most effective weapon against crime is cooperation... The efforts of all law enforcement agencies with the support and understanding of the American people.

We (the FBI) are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.