Perhaps it is just best for me to say I am proud to be an agent for our people in conferring upon you this highest award that the Government has, and to say that your real reward--as all of us here know--is in the hearts, the thanks and the gratitude of our entire nation.
Citation and Remarks at Presentation of the National Security Medal to J. Edgar Hoover
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