Army Quote by Naomi Wolf

“The line between “police force” and “army” is narrow under the best of circumstances.”

— Mira Grant

A police state is a country run by criminals

— Robert Harris

“THERE ARE TWO FORMS OF POLICE MILITARIZATION: DIRECT and indirect. Direct militarization is the use of the standing military for domestic policing. Indirect militarization…

— Radley Balko

The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give…

— Robert Peel

People misunderstand what a police state is. It isn't a country where the police strut around in jackboots; it's a country where the police…

— John Lanchester

The most common characteristic of all police states is intimidation by surveillance. Citizens know they are being watched and overheard. Their mail is being…

— Vance Packard

“groundwork for a virtual police state. One is the John Warner Defense Authorization Act, signed by Bush in 2007, which allows the use of…

— Jim Marrs

Under the constitution, there was never meant to be a federal police force. Even an FBI limited only to investigations was not accepted until…

— Ron Paul

I confess I am at a loss to discover what temptation the persons entrusted with the administration of the general government could ever feel…

— Alexander Hamilton

The police are not entrusted with a mission which differentiates them from those they serve. Being unconcerned with ultimate purposes, they are inseparable from…

— Claude Levi-Strauss

“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

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