American people Quote by Spiro T. Agnew

Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that…

— Anonymous

We must shed the old stereotype of anarchists as bearded bomb throwers furtively stalking about city streets at night.

— Stephen Jay Gould

“That the American police can perjure themselves with the same ease, that they are just as merciless, just as brutal and cunning as their…

— Emma Goldman

If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“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

The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.

— Harry S Truman

“To [the government] it didn't matter what happened to the American people as long as america in the abstract was kept strong.”

— Isaac Asimov

“But what if the death toll—which despite the distortions clearly favored the Americans—was having the opposite effect? What if heightened punishment by US bombs…

— Mark Bowden

No one made a decision to militarize the police in America. The change has come slowly, the result of a generation of politicians and…

— Radley Balko

We cannot decide for the American people.

— Vladimir Putin

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government…

— Henry David Thoreau

“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