“A realistic recognition of the human condition is that it is corrupt beyond belief. What do you suppose would happen if the police all took a week off?” IfsHumansHappensHumanityBeliefWeekConditionsBuddhismPoliceRecognitionRealisticHuman Condition Author:Frederick Lenz
“The State exists simply to promote and to protect the ordinary happiness of human beings in this life. A husband and wife chatting over a fire, a couple of friends having a game of darts in a pub, a man reading a book in his own room or digging in his own garden-that is what the State is there for. And unless they are helping to increase and prolong and protect such moments, all the laws, parliaments, armies, courts, police, economics, etc., are simply a waste of time.” MenHumansBookStatesMomentsHelpingLawReadingGamesHuman BeingsRoomsFireWifeCoupleProtectHusbandWasteOrdinaryEconomicsGardenIncreaseArmyPoliceCourtThis LifeEtcWasting TimeParliamentDiggingHusband And WifePubsChattingDarts Book:Mere Christianity Source: Mere Christianity
“There is, and always has been, one tremendous ruler of the human race - and that ruler is that combination of the opinions of all, the leveling up of universal sense which is called public sentiment. That is the ever-present regulator and police of humanity.” HumansHas BeensHumanityRaceOpinionUniversalPoliceCombinationHuman RaceSentimentsRulersRegulators Book:Orations and addresses Source: Orations and addresses
“To read of human depravity in the police reports is one thing, to see it fall like a black shadow across one's life is another.” HumansLife IsFallBlackOne ThingShadowPoliceReportsDepravity Book:Septimus Source: Septimus