Police Quotes · Page 28

The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.

— Vicente Fox

My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

— Michael Bergin

“Here are officers enough in Meryton to disappoint all the young ladies in the country.”

— Jane Austen

Yes officer, I did see the 'Speed limit' sign...I just didn't see you.

— Anonymous

A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of green paper.

— Derrick Jensen

“Those who can, do; those who can't, teach; those who can't teach, police grammar on the Internet.”

— Ruadhán J. McElroy

The Government and the police are only able to do their jobs with the consent of the people.

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

“My research into various frauds also revealed the toxicity of the police and their deceitful internal affairs system.”

— Steven Magee

Issues like immigration, police brutality, and other onerous laws put in place by local and state governments are prime avenues for active…

— Anthea Butler

Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was…

— Zhang Ziyi

The problem is that the atmosphere does not yet exist in which honest police officers can act without fear of ridicule or…

— Frank Serpico

President [Barack] Obama's choice of Rahm Emmanuel as his Chief of Staff was questionable, and perhaps coverups around the police violence against…

— Julianne Malveaux

We have to start imagining a new reality - this will mean fewer police and more social workers and teachers. This will…

— Opal Tometi

If police officers routinely issue tickets for the most serious traffic offenses, they'll be treating drivers of all races, sexes, and ages…

— Bill Dedman

Soccer matches in Europe have riot police. Metal is just people sloshing around drunk and sloppy and having fun, and there's nothing…

— Chris Reifert

We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by…

— David Mamet

Strip away the factual misinformation repeatedly peddled about the Human Rights Act and almost everyone acknowledges that it works well in practice.…

— Keir Starmer

Taking the money from drug operations and all that sort of stuff is something that goes past what most of us in…

— Denzel Washington

The war on drugs is not being won, and it continues to threaten stability and democracy not only in the Andes but…

— Elliott Abrams

What makes an officer's job all the more difficult, dangerous, and demanding is that it rests on upholding that sacred trust with…

— Rahm Emanuel

Young people increasingly have become subject to an oppressive disciplinary machine that teaches them to define citizenship through the exchange practices of…

— Henry Giroux

I was knocking on people's doors. I knocked on a white couple's door, and I told them, I says, 'Excuse me, but…

— Al Green

If one is okay with police having guns - whoever is designated as having authority - but panicked at the thought of…

— Frank J. Fleming

Drug offenses ... may be regarded as the prototypes of non-victim crimes today. The private nature of the sale and use of…

— John Kaplan

The attacks on our police and the terrorism of our cities threaten our very way of life.

— Donald Trump

I can't believe that OMON [Russia's riot police] would hit a girl. I simply can't imagine it.

— Vladimir Putin

Policing of the disabled and how many deaf people get shot by cops is sort of insane. And it's not talked about.

— Wyatt Cenac

The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder.

— Richard J. Daley

“The police ultimately pay the price for poor customer service when citizens become fearful of them.”

— Steven Magee

One of my college roommates was into The Police, and I got to like them. But I hear one of the guys…

— Jeff Van Gundy

Some issues just need to be dealt with - that we're still dealing with in the world, with police brutality and racism.

— Big Freedia

We've all witnessed violent acts of police brutality happen around the nation that have gone unaddressed.

— Tyler Childers

In the papers this morning: 'Police closing in on Ian Holloway.' Sorry, it's 'Palace closing in on Ian Holloway.'

— Alan Brazil

I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.

— Jessica Savitch

Summerset-"I see you've destroyed another police vehicle. Perhaps you now hold the record.

— Anonymous

My favorite people to have fun with are police officers 'cause they're so serious, you know.

— Gabriel Iglesias

What is the point of the police if wrongdoers aren't afraid of them?

— Peter Hitchens

We faced police dogs when we fought for justice for Mike Brown in Ferguson in 2014.

— Cori Bush

The Stones without Mick. The Police without Sting. The Doors without Jim. It doesn't work.

— John Densmore

“The most dangerous thing in life is an incompetent that has been given a gun and a law enforcement badge.”

— Steven Magee