Police force Quote by Roger Scruton

“The police, as servants of law, must be of a high order of integrity. For their word is perforce believed by the virtue of…

— Agatha Christie

“At root, they fail to appreciate that the basic nature of the law and the police, since its earliest origins, is to be a…

— Alex Vitale

“the police are only doing what they were trained to do, and what they are constantly encouraged to do by the courts.”

— James Duane

“There were times when the world did not need policemen, because what it really did need was for somebody who knew what they were…

— Terry Pratchett

“For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression.”

— David Grann

“For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression. Instead, citizens…

— David Grann

“Here one comes upon an all-important English trait: the respect for constituitionalism and legality, the belief in 'the law' as something above the state…

— George Orwell

“If there is an injustice or a barbarity possible, I might have been sure the law of England would make haste to perpetrate it.”

— Grant Allen

“It's how the English run their courts. They sacrifice innocents, thinking to keep evil at bay, and call it a kind of justice. But…

— Kathleen Kent

“We can't have your people fighting each other," I said. The 'royal we' is very important in police work; it reminds the person you're…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“Life in a police state magnifies the small mercies that it leaves alone until they become disproportionate to their significance; at the same time…

— Patrick McGuinness

“The police are there to do the job, not to think about it,' was the line used by critics, the harshest of which were…

— Christine Nixon