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“Freedoms and apprenticeships are likewise expedients of police,not of that wholesome branch of police, whose object is the maintenance of the public and private security, and which is neither costly nor vexatious; but of that sort of police which bad governments employ to preserve or extend their personal authority at any expense.”

Government Security Objects Authority Police Preserves Branches Expenses Maintenance Apprenticeship Bad Government

Book:A treatise on political economy; or, The production, distribution, and consumption of wealth. Tr. by C.R. Prinsep, with notes

Source: A treatise on political economy; or, The production, distribution, and consumption of wealth. Tr. by C.R. Prinsep, with notes

“In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners, two-thirds said it was more important to protect the privacy of phone calls than to preserve the ability of police to conduct wiretaps. When informed about the Clipper Chip, 80% said they opposed it.”

Said Two Important Lasts Ability Week Internet Protect Thirds Police Phones Partners Preserves Privacy Free Speech Chips Polls Phone Calls Cnn

Author:Philip Elmer-DeWitt

“I think the Occupy movement will, or at least should, become a protean movement of ideas, as well as action, where the element of surprise remains with the protesters. We need to preserve the element of an intellectual ambush and a physical manifestation that takes the government and the police by surprise. It has to keep re-imagining itself, because holding territory may not be something the movement will be allowed to do in a state as powerful and violent as the United States.”

“I do not have regrets. I believe I helped preserve the peace for this country. Why should I regret that? What I accomplished was approved by Congress -- which represents our people. All of you live in safety from domestic enemies because of security from the police. Likewise, you live in safety from foreign enemies because our military keeps them from attacking us.”

People Should Believe Country I Believe Enemy Security Military Regret Police Safety Congress Preserves Accomplished Should I Attacking I Regret Approved Attacking Us

Author:Hyman Rickover

“We also heard the usual old nonsense that banning hunting would affect employment if we abolished crime we would put all the police out of work. If we abolished ill-health we would put all the nurses and doctors out of work. Will anybody argue that we should preserve crime and ill-health in order to keep people in jobs?”

People Ifs Should Jobs Order Heard Crime Doctors Police Ill Arguing Employment Preserves Nonsense Usual Nurse Hunting Ill Health

Author:Ann Widdecombe

“Sympathy for the enemy -- a weakness of police and armies alike. Most perilous are the unconscious sympathies directing you to preserve your enemy intact because the enemy is your justification for existence.”

Existence Enemy Weakness Army Police Preserves Unconscious Justification

Book:Chapterhouse: Dune

Source: Chapterhouse: Dune

“The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder.”

Police Silly Dumb Preserves Disorder Law Enforcement Enforcement Policemen

Author:Richard J. Daley

“The confrontation was not created by the police; the confrontation was created by the people who charged the police. Gentlemen, let's get the thing straight, once and for all. The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder.”

People Police Preserves Gentleman Disorder Policemen Confrontation

Author:Richard J. Daley