“Remember, government is not an enlightened organization designed to promote public welfare. It is barbaric, uncivilized force…military and police power put to the service of the insiders who control it. Yes, there are constraints on the way the insiders use their power. There are ‘checks and balances,’ built into the constitution, for example. And there are cultural norms and traditional prohibitions. But eventually, the norms and traditions wear off, like painkillers. And then, the pain of raw government begins again.” WayUseGovernmentPainRememberExampleBalanceBuiltTraditionOrganizationConstitutionPoliceChecksTraditionalWelfareEnlightenedNormConstraintsProhibitionBegin AgainInsidersBarbaricUncivilizedPainkillersPolice PowerPublic Welfare Author:Bill Bonner
“Coercion is as much the tool of the welfare state as it is of communism. The programs and edicts of both are backed by the police force. All of us know this to be true under communism, but it is equally true under our own brand of welfare statism.” KnowsStatesForceProgramToolsPoliceBeing TrueBrandsCommunismWelfareCoercionWelfare StatePolice Force Author:Leonard Read
“When we ask Negroes to abide by the law, let us also declare that the white man does not abide by law in the ghettos. Day in and day out he violates welfare laws to deprive the poor of their meager allotments; he flagrantly violates building codes and regulations; his police make a mockery of law; he violates laws on equal employment and education and the provisions of civil services. The slums are the handiwork of a vicious system of the white society; Negroes live in them, but they do not make them, any more than a prisoner makes a prison.” MenDoeLawAsksWhitePoorBuildingEqualPolicePrisonEmploymentCodeWelfarePrisonerRegulationWhite ManViciousProvisionGhettoMockerySlumsHandiworkCivil ServiceAllotments Book:The Trumpet of Conscience Source: The Trumpet of Conscience
“Our feelings alone don't change what happens with the police, what happens in jail, what happens when someone tries to go to the welfare office, the unemployment office, or any kind of state agency where a criminal record comes up for prostitution. How we feel about the commodification of sexuality and violence doesn't actually translate to those people's lives. A lot of the debate is really academic and a waste of time.” TryingKindFeelingsViolenceOfficePoliceSexualityDebateWelfareWasting TimeAcademicTranslateFeeling Alone Author:Melissa Gira Grant
“The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.” GivingInterestCommunityExistenceAttentionSocietyDutyCitizensMembersPaidPoliceWelfareLaw EnforcementPolicemenIncumbents Author:Robert Peel
“To live in poverty is to live with constant uncertainty, to accept galling indignities, and to expect harassment by the police, welfare officials and employers, as well as by others who are poor and desperate.” WellsPoorAcceptingPovertyExpectationsPoliceConstantUncertaintyWelfareOfficialsDesperateEmployersHarassmentEnding PovertyIndignity Book:FEAR OF FALLING Source: FEAR OF FALLING
“Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.” PeopleSchoolPoliticsCommonOur LivesProgramPoliceCourtPrisonCommon SenseEducatedRanWelfareExpertsDepartmentCivilizedElitesReplacedPolice DepartmentWelfare Programs Author:Walter E. Williams
“I don't mind payin' for the police and for streets and sanitation, or road work, bridges, trains, food subsidies and welfare. But I don't wanna pay for bombs to fight proxy wars in the middle of nowhere against enemies in the night.” MindWarNightFightingPayEnemyStreetsMiddlePoliceTrainBridgesWelfareBombsSubsidiesFiascoProxySanitationMiddle Of Nowhere Author:Lupe Fiasco
“You need to be careful about calling the police to do a welfare check on your neighbor, as the officer may murder them.” LawCallingMurderPoliceCarefulNeighborWelfareEnforcementOfficerCheck Author:Steven Magee