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[Edgar looks out his balcony window at the newly elected President Richard Nixon, who drives down the crowded street of American citizens] J. Edgar Hoover:
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When morals decline and good men do nothing, evil flourishes. Every citizen has a duty to learn of this that threatens his home, his children. A society uninterested and unwilling to learn from the past is doomed. We must never forget our history. We must never lower our guard. Even today, there are organizations that have America as their prime target. They would destroy the safety and the happiness of every individual and thrust us into a condition of lawlessness, immorality that passes the imagination
[narrating]
When morals decline and good men do nothing, evil flourishes. Every citizen has a duty to learn of this that threatens his home, his children. A society uninterested and unwilling to learn from the past is doomed. We must never forget our history. We must never lower our guard. Even today, there are organizations that have America as their prime target. They would destroy the safety and the happiness of every individual and thrust us into a condition of lawlessness, immorality that passes the imagination
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HOOVER When morals decline
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and good men do nothing
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evil flourishes
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Every citizen has a duty to learn of this that threatens his home
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his children
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A society uninterested and unwilling to learn from the past
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is doomed
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GUNSHOT
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Movie Summary
J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.

