"Justice is merely incidental to law and order [...] Law and order is what covers the whole picture."
— J. Edgar Hoover

January 1, 1970

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Political leadersPeople from Washington, D.C.Government officialsLaw enforcement people from the United StatesDirectors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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On CBS News in 1968 with Walter Cronkite, cited by Beverly Gage "America Is Safer Than It Used to Be. So Why Do We Still Have Calls for ‘Law and Order’?" The New York Times (August 30, 2016)