J. Edgar Hoover Quotes

Stopping crime before it occurs is the most effective crime fighting tool of all.

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.

But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG funding helps them fight crime, and to protect and serve the citizens within their jurisdiction.

Crime is not going to be stopped by police departments. You have to have police departments but alone they cannot stop crime.

Crime prevention has to become a first priority.

No place is unpoliceable; no crime is immune to better enforcement efforts.

The criminal law is no use to decent people.

We're going to be working in a stringent way and very good way on crime.

The answer to crime is not gun control, it is law enforcement and self-control.

We are advancing, we are responding, we are having major apprehensions of the most wanted, most dangerous criminals, overall, we continue to work toward a Mexico of peace that we all want.

In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.

Thru the auspices of the viewers who become - I think this is an import - in a democracy, become a working unit with law enforcement against the criminals.

In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.

There is no city in America that has reduced crime as much as we have in the last three years. This is not the product of accident. This is the product of design.

We want a state of things in which crime will not pay.

As long as I am mayor there will be law and order in Chicago.

The essence to reducing violent crime in our society is to take these people [criminals] off the street.

Fighting crime is not cheap, because it requires boots on the ground.

Without the punishment of the Death by a Thousand Cuts, I am afraid people in China would have nothing to fear … and before long there would be more and more criminals, and it would be hard to ensure peace and stability.

Having the support of our communities is absolutely essential to productive and sustainable crime prevention efforts. While there are law enforcement agencies that have meaningful and transparent relationships with all segments of their communities, it is fair to say that there are other agencies that need to further enhance relationships and build trust within their communities, particularly among disenfranchised segments.

Broken-windows enforcement is really about controlling behavior to such an extent you change it: If you deal with the little things, you can keep them from going into the big things. Zero tolerance implies zealotry. It's oppressive. And it's not achievable. You're never going to be in a position to eliminate all crime.

If you have a problem, the NYPD is the greatest police force to the world.

Putting cops on streets is the most effective way to combat crime.