Officers Quotes
Security is a component of everyday life that one spending time in Washington, D.C., gets accustomed to, highlighting how officers shape daily routines. Trust between police and communities often needs rebuilding, while some view officers as tools of control or even as cash machines. The tension between authority and public safety runs through many quotes.
![“The military profession, especially is the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well under stress. Professional officers are trained to think in terms of emergent threats, and this [climate change] is as big a threat as you…” quote by Gwynne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/363/gwynne-dyer-29209_behave_the-military-profession-especially-is-th_143358.png)
![“It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes. But were the people to posses the additional advantages of local governments chosen by themselves, who could collect the national will, and direct the national force; and of officers…” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/07a/james-madison-373_2-amendment_it-is-not-certain-that-with-this-aid-alo_1101340.png)
