Quote of the day
A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that 'the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.'
J. Edgar Hoover
Born: January 1, 1895
Died: May 2, 1972 (aged 77)
Bio: John Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States, appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation predecessor to the FBI in 1924.
Known for:
- Queen of the Mob (1940)
- Parole Fixer (1940)
- The Next of Kin (1942)
- Walk East On Beacon (1952)
- Persons in Hiding (1939)
J. Edgar Hoover Quotes