“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.”

—  J. Edgar Hoover

"What I Would Tell a Son," Family Weekly (14 July 1963).

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