Political Quotes

“I want to complete anything I have on this legislation prior to our automatic 5 o'clock break, and I want to say a couple things. First of all, just so the record is clear, there were a number of things written about J. Edgar Hoover but one of the most telling things was written on the day of his death when a local columnist wrote about some of the things they were beginning to discover in some detail, the files he had kept on people. And this one columnist indicated he had reviewed the titillating tidbits about such diverse figures as Marlon Brando, Harry Belafonte, athletes like Joe Namath, Lance Rentzel, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, and, of course, he was always hard on all black leaders. Included in this article was Ralph Abernathy and Roy Ennis. After Dr. King was assassinated, he continued his work going after his widow. It wasn't good enough that he had attempted to vilify this man; he went after the widow. And then I guess it is all summed up by a note that President Nixon sent to John Dean when he said, and I quote, 'He's got files on everybody,' which I guess is true.”