Free man Quote by M.B. Watson

I would like to think that the level of aggressiveness in law enforcement will remain the same, when you're talking about things like keeping…

— Preet Bharara

“AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES USUALLY include a special riot police force whose task is to disperse citizens who seek to protest, and a secret state police…

— Timothy Snyder

“As regards the social apparatus of repression and coercion, the government, there cannot be any question of freedom. Government is essentially the negation of…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want,…

— Timothy Snyder

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

— Frank J. Fleming

“It may be that America is developing a whole new category of essentially social criminals … persons who threaten the police and the traditional social structure…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a…

— Timothy Snyder

Policemen and laws can never replace customs, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. At best, the police and criminal…

— D. Todd Christofferson

Police officers today are a protected class, one no politician wants to oppose. Law enforcement interests may occasionally come up short on budgetary issues,…

— Radley Balko

“... the repression of primitive, violent impulses in favor of civilized behavior was a control mechanism for the more shrewdly aggressive dominators who successfully…

— R. U. Sirius

“THE MAIN DUTY OF LAW enforcement is law breaking. Right now the disciplined forces jobs are the reserve of the ‘elite’ and security has…

— Vincent de Paul

“This should remind us that violence is first of all authoritarian. It begins with this premise: I have the right to control you.”

— Rebecca Solnit