“If I had to describe my remarks this evening frankly as if I were in police court and on oath, so to speak I should have to call it a ramble over several subjects, portions of which may seem to you to be impudent, and portions of which will be ignorant, and portions of which may contrive to be both at once.” IfsShouldMaySeemsSpeakSubjectsShould HavePoliceCourtIgnorantEveningPortionsRemarksOath Book:Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading Source: Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading
“No-knock police raids destroy Americans' right to privacy and safety. People's lives are being ruined or ended as a result of unsubstantiated assertions by anonymous government informants. ... Unfortunately, no-knock raids are becoming more common as federal, state, and local politicians and law enforcement agencies decide that the war on drugs justified nullifying the Fourth Amendment. ... No-knock raids in response to alleged narcotics violations presume that the government should have practically unlimited power to endanger some people's lives in order to control what others ingest.” PeopleShouldWarStatesGovernmentLawOrderResultsCommonBecomingPoliticianDrugShould HavePoliceSafetyResponseLocalsAgencyPrivacyAmendmentsFourthUnlimitedLaw EnforcementRuinedEnforcementJustifiedViolationAssertionBecoming MoreWar On DrugsNarcoticsUnlimited PowerRight To PrivacyFourth AmendmentInformants Author:James Bovard
“Untrained minds have always been a nuisance to the military police of orthodoxy. God-intoxicated mystics and untidy saints with only a white blaze of divine love where their minds should have been, are perpetually creating almost as much disorder within the law as outside it.” ShouldMindHas BeensLawWhiteMilitaryDivineCreatingShould HavePoliceSaintDisorderDivine LoveShould Have BeenOrthodoxyNuisanceIntoxicatedMilitary Police Book:Collected stories and other writings Source: Collected stories and other writings
“The Boston bombing provided the opportunity for the government to turn what should have been a police investigation into a military-style occupation of an American city. This unprecedented move should frighten us as much or more than the attack itself.” ShouldHas BeensGovernmentMovingTurnsOpportunityCitiesMilitaryStyleShould HavePoliceOccupationInvestigationBostonShould Have BeenUnprecedentedBombingAmerican Cities Author:Ron Paul
“Whilst power, superimposed, always needs the help of the police and the military, power generated from within should have little or no use of them.” NeedsShouldLittlesHelpingUsePowerMilitaryShould HavePoliceMilitary Power Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons unless they're in the military or in the police.” PeopleThinkingShouldReasonEarthMilitaryWeaponsShould HavePoliceAccess Author:John Howard
“If you get arrested, you`re supposed to know why you`re arrested. So, Freddie Gray should have known why he was arrested. His friends, his family, his community, they should have known what he was charged with, why he was arrested. And the police should have come out with that right away.” IfsKnowsShouldCommunityKnownShould HavePoliceGrayArrestedShould Have Known Author:Hillary Clinton
“Once in a while, Jimmy would make up a word but he never once got caught out. ... He should have been pleased by his success with these verbal fabrications, but instead he was depressed by it. The memos telling him he'd done a good job meant nothing to him; all they proved was that no one was capable of appreciating how clever he had been. He came to understand why serial killers sent helpful clues to the police.” ShouldHas BeensDoneJobsCapableAppreciateShould HavePoliceCaughtCleverHelpfulKillersClueGood JobShould Have BeenJimmySerialsSerial KillerFabricationMemos Author:Margaret Atwood
“Only the police should have handguns.” ShouldGunShould HavePoliceGun ControlHandguns Author:William J. Clinton
“I think there should be a law - and I know this is extreme - that no one can have a gun in the U.S. If you have a gun, you go to jail. Only the police should have guns.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldLawPoliticalGunShould HavePoliceExtremesJailGun ControlBansGun Ban Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“I came to Ottawa with the firm belief that the only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers.” PeopleShouldCountryBeliefGunShould HavePoliceSoldierFirmOfficersPolice OfficerFirearmsFirm BeliefsOttawa Author:Allan Rock
“Every place in the country you should get a license that shows you know how to safely store it, keep it away from your children or grandchildren. You should have to license it so the police can trace it if it's used in a crime. [On keeping guns]” IfsKnowsShouldChildrenCountryShowsUsedKnow HowCrimeGunShould HavePoliceOur ChildrenStoresYour ChildrenGrandchildrenLicense Author:Michael D. Barnes