Citizenry Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws. In this…

— Matthew Yglesias

“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

A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty.

— Lawrence Hunter

The police represent the authority of the state, the willingness of the state to use violence to assert their will.

— Vermin Supreme

I believe from what I have lately seen that we should be substantially safe were our Citizens Armed, but we have not as many…

— Thomas Jefferson

Gun laws are an attempt to nationalize the right of self-defense. Politicians perennially react to the police's abject failure to prevent crime by trying…

— James Bovard

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

I think people have always had ambiguous relationships toward the police because of the position in society they occupy. But that anxiety and that…

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

I do believe that a law-abiding citizen that is armed, that's out in public, will keep himself, his staff, and, in some cases, the…

— Chris Collins

The police are paid by the public and carry a public trust, and they take an oath to protect us as citizens. The police…

— Killer Mike

When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.

— Mary Frances Berry

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