“In the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrong doing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.” MayStatesForceUnitedCasesPowerUnited StatesExercisePoliceWesternInternationalDoctrineImpotenceHemisphereAdherencePolice PowerMonroe Doctrine Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Why does a woman carry a gun? Because, under our system, every citizen has the latitude to act in the absence of police; the latitude to act reasonably, to act immediately, to act in defense of self, to act in defense of another, to act with lethal force, to act with her acquired training and to act not in anger but to respond in purpose. To exercise the protections of that latitude in public policy, public interest and practical safety, all that is demanded of her is that she act reasonably under the circumstances.” DoeSelfPurposeForceInterestPolicyCitizensCircumstancesExerciseTrainingGunPoliceSafetyProtectionDefenseAbsencePracticalsPublic PolicyPublic InterestLatitude Author:John Longenecker
“A free citizen in a free state, it seems to me, has an inalienable right to play with whomsoever he will, so long as he does not disturb the general peace. If any other citizen, offended by the spectacle, makes a pother, then that other citizen, and not the man exercising his inalienable right, should be put down by the police.” IfsMenShouldLongDoeStatesPlaySeemsHe ManCitizensExercisePoliceOffendedFree State Author:H. L. Mencken
“When I was growing up, I did not exercise at all. I was raised in the French Quarter in New Orleans. If I saw someone running, I would call the police because I thought they stole something on Royal Street.” IfsRunningGrowing UpSawsGrowingStreetsExercisePoliceRaisedQuartersRoyalNew OrleansFrench Quarter Author:Richard Simmons
“If middle-class Americans do not feel threatened by the slow encroachment of the police state or the Patriot Act, it is because they live comfortably enough and exercise their liberties very lightly, never testing the boundaries. You never know you are in a prison unless you try the door.” IfsKnowsFeelsTryingStatesEnoughLibertyClassDoorsMiddleExercisePolicePrisonBoundariesMiddle ClassPatriotThreatenedTestingPolice StateEncroachmentPatriot Act Book:Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War Source: Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War
“Through baseball we channel boys desire for exercise and let off their explosive violence without letting them get into the police court.” DesireBoysViolenceExerciseBaseballPoliceCourtPresidentialExplosives Author:Herbert Hoover
“Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn't mean the police in London is not independent and does not exercise powers. Ultimately it is the political executive that has to answer.” MeanDoeTwoPoliticalAnswersExerciseOfficePoliceIndependentLondonExecutivesMayorsCommissioners Author:P. Chidambaram