Police Quotes
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You know, many people have called me, friends from the nationalist camp, revisionists and so on, from around the world, have called me over the years - and now again because of what happened - and they are all very cynical about the police and the authorities.
Ernst Zundel
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I tell people I'm on a diet. If somebody sees me with a muffin, they'll think I'm off my diet. It's like secret little police that I've made for myself.
Stephen Furst
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
Ai Weiwei
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Economic and health statistics, as well as police-violence statistics, shed light on the pressures on American Indian communities and individuals: Indian youths have the highest suicide rate of any United States ethnic group.
Lydia Millet
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Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same: leave it to our bureaucrats and our police to see that our papers are in order. At least spare us their morality when we write.
Michel Foucault
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There has to be a readjustment of resources that is being diverted to police and policing as opposed to community health services, and there certainly has to be control over the police by the communities that they are supposed to protect and serve.
Alicia Garza
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Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army.
Vladimir Lenin
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I use African-American, because I teach African Studies as well as African-American Studies, so it's easy, neat and convenient. But sometimes, when you're in a barber shop, somebody'll say, "Did you see what that Negro did?" A lot of people slip in and out of different terms effortlessly, and I don't think the thought police should be on patrol.
Henry Louis Gates
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I want people to start getting involved in voting for the Senate, Congress and local elections. I just want to see us get involved more in the political process especially when you see things like police brutality going on and different people complaining about the sheriffs whether it's in Ferguson or Missouri.
Charlamagne Tha God
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Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly.
Albert Camus
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I want police to be protected.
Marc Veasey
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If they tell the police, the police will find out she was driving, and her career will be put into hell.
Nicholas Mosley
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We need to be critical of the police and power structure, we need to stand back and solve these problems, and films need to point to that. There are too many stories that end happily and say very little about life.
Charles Burnett
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You cannot rely on the police, you cannot rely on the government, you cannot rely on the bank to protect you.
Frank Abagnale
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I believe it's important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that's what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want.
Theresa May
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When you have an individual that is committed to killing someone else, you can`t expect a restraining order or the police to provide 24-hour protection.
William Bennett
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he had the startled-rabbit look that civilians get after five minutes of helping the police with their inquiries. If they stay calm for too long it’s a sign that they’re professional villains or foreign or just plain stupid. All of which can get you locked up if you’re not careful. If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it’s your safest bet.
Ben Aaronovitch
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It's a police mantra that all members of the public are guilty of something, but some members of the public are more guilty than others.
Ben Aaronovitch
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In my opinion, the only people who should have handguns are the police.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare. Taxes protect property and the environment; taxes make business possible. Taxes pay for roads and schools and bridges and police and teachers. Taxes pay for doctors and nursing homes and medicine.
Jill Lepore
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Not for nothing did Eldridge Cleaver say that the North Korean police made him miss the Oakland police.
Brian Reynolds Myers
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Police cannot be allowed to continue aggressive, violent, and often unconstitutional policing with impunity.
Opal Tometi
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As Martin noted, to the detectives conducting his interview, it was a good thing he'd been inebriated, because otherwise he would have wasted time screaming and running about - especially once he realized he was standing in a pool of blood. Instead, with the slow methodical patience of the drunk and terrified, Martin Turner dialed 999 and asked for the police.
Ben Aaronovitch
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Truscott: Do you realize what I'm doing here?McLeavy: No. Your every action has been a mystery to me.Truscott: That is as it should be. The process by which the police arrive at the solution to a mystery is, in itself, a mystery.
Joe Orton