Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo. J Edgar Hoover
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. J Edgar Hoover
We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don’t clear anybody. We don’t condemn anybody. J Edgar Hoover
At bottom, I mean profoundly at bottom, the FBI has nothing to do with Communism, it has nothing to do with catching criminals, it has nothing to do with the Mafia, the syndicate, it has nothing to do with trust-busting, it has nothing to do with interstate commerce, it has nothing to do with anything but serving as a church for the mediocre. A high church for the true mediocre. Norman Mailer
You might think, ‘Is this the FBI that I’ve seen on TV?’ The difference in the myth of the FBI and the reality of the FBI is as big as the Grand Canyon. Ron Woods
They allegedly have the highest qualifications for getting in, and have always looked down their nose at other agencies, like Customs, ATF and DEA. It creates a great deal of hostility. And the way they look down their nose at local law enforcement has created hostility all over the country. Ron Woods (on FBI)