“Ninety percent of our police are fighting terrorists, so we don't have enough oriented towards their key duty, which is enforcement of the law. But these are precisely the inheritance that we want to overcome. Particularly the mark for success for us would be that a woman can not only walk in the streets of every major city, but can go from one province to another without any hindrance.” WantEnoughWould BeLawFightingWalksCitiesStreetsDutyKeysMajorsPercentOvercomingMarkPoliceTerroristCan NotEnforcementNinetyInheritanceProvincesHindrance Author:Ashraf Ghani
“Living on the street as a kid changed the way I looked at everything. It was a different time and while it had its dangers, it was nothing like it would be today. It was the Summer of Love and there was a real sense of community among us. We were hippies who looked out for each other instead of trying to rip each other off. We only had to watch out for the police who liked to roust us just on general principles, and the kids who came in from the suburbs to do a little hippie-bashing.” WayTryingLittlesDifferentRealWould BeKidsTodayCommunityPrinciplesWatchesStreetsDangerChangedSummerPoliceRipHippieLiving OnSuburbsDifferent Times Author:Charles de Lint
“Geez, I wish I could tell you I had a whole bunch of '80s hair bands, you know something you really wouldn't expect, but I don't know that the music police would be that surprised, because most of the stuff that I am influenced by is in evidence in the music.” KnowsWholeWould BeWishStuffHairBandEvidencePoliceBunch80sHair Bands Author:John Sebastian
“To hold that Congress has general police power would be to hold that it may accomplish objects not intrusted to the general government, and to defeat the operation of the 10th Amendment, declaring that 'the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.” PeopleMayStatesGovernmentWould BeUnitedUnited StatesObjectsConstitutionPoliceDefeatCongressAccomplishOperationsAmendmentsReservedDeclaringPolice Power Author:Melville Fuller
“No doubt hard work is a great police agent. If everybody were worked from morning till night, and then carefully locked up, the register of crime might be greatly diminished. But what would become of human nature? Where would be the room for growth in such a system of things? It is through sorrow and mirth, plenty and need, a variety of passions, circumstances, and temptations, even through sin and misery, that men's natures are developed.” IfsMenNeedsHumansHardMightWould BeNightPassionGrowthSinRoomsMorningDoubtHuman NatureCrimeHard WorkCircumstancesSorrowPoliceMiseryTemptationAgentsPlentyVarietyNo DoubtLockedRegisterMirthLocked Up Book:Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Thereon Source: Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Thereon
“TV is a huge draw. It's a magnet. Even when I was a policeman, if I was on a police scene and the news showed up, I'd race home to see if I would be on TV for 2 seconds!” IfsHomeWould BeRaceTvsHugeSceneNewsDrawsPoliceSecondsPolicemenMagnet Author:Jerry Springer
“I remember thinking about how fun it would be to be a reporter. I had a dream, when I was little, to become a police officer and a crime investigator. It depends on what kind of stories you're reporting, but it's very similar. You're finding out the truth.” ThinkingKindLittlesStoriesDreamWould BeRememberFunCrimeDependsFindingsPoliceOfficersReportersPolice OfficerI Had A DreamInvestigatorsFinding Out The Truth Author:Katia Winter
“It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace. To do that, of course, we Americans will have to yield up some of our sovereignty. That would be a bitter pill. It would take a lot of courage, a lot of faith in the new order.” IfsWorldFirstsSeemsGovernmentWould BeLawOrderCoursesNationsUnitedStepsConflictPoliceInternationalBitterExecutivesYieldFirst StepsSovereigntyUnited NationsPillsLegislatureJudiciaryInternational LawWorld Government Author:Walter Cronkite
“What Taika [Watiti] still bring to it [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], it really sums up what life is like in New Zealand, or what our sensibilities, our sense of humor, how we come together, how easy it would be, feels like. You know, we have a small population and so you know the bizarreness of the police getting involved in this manhunt, how the men... And then eventually, the army all get intwines.” KnowsMenFeelsStillsWould BeTogetherLife IsEasyHe ManLike YouInvolvedArmyPolicePopulationSense Of HumorSensibilityHuntsLife Is LikeNew Zealand Author:Rhys Darby
“How long has it taken the democratic process to develop in the United States? Since it was founded. So, do you think that as regards democracy everything is settled now in America? If this were so, there would be no Ferguson issue, right? There would be no other issues of similar kind, there would be no police abuse. Our goal is to see all these issues and respond to them timely and properly. The same applies to Russia. We also have a lot of problems.” IfsThinkingKindLongStatesProblemWould BeAmericaProcessGoalUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyIssuesTakenAbusePoliceRegardDemocraticRussiaTimelyDemocratic ProcessFerguson Author:Vladimir Putin
“I would be immediately arrested by the British police and I would then be extradited either immediately to the United States or to Sweden. In Sweden I am not charged, I have already been previously cleared [by the Senior Stockholm Prosecutor Eva Finne]. We were not certain exactly what would happen there, but then we know that the Swedish government has refused to say that they will not extradite me to the United States we know they have extradited 100 per cent of people whom the U.S. has requested since at least 2000.” PeopleKnowsStatesGovernmentHappensWould BeCertainUnitedUnited StatesPoliceBritishCentsSeniorArrestedSwedenProsecutorSwedishStockholm Author:Julian Assange
“I think it's reasonable that the government, when it has a warrant from a court, when it's exposed to scrutiny by a legal process that would be upheld, not just nationally, but internationally as a reliable and robust standard rights protection, they can enjoy certain powers. This is no different from having the police able to get a warrant to go and search your house, to kick at your door because they think you're an arms dealer or something like that. There needs to be a process involved, it needs to be public, and it needs to be challengeable in court at all times.” ThinkingNeedsDifferentGovernmentWould BeAbleCertainHouseProcessEnjoyRightsDoorsArmsInvolvedStandardsPoliceCourtProtectionAll TimeKicksReasonableExposedDealerScrutinyRobustWarrants Author:Edward Snowden
“He [Donald Trump]wants to build the wall. It would be silly to say we`re going to - we`re going to create an army and we`re going to have Mexico pay for our border patrol, our border police. Clearly, that`s not going to happen.” WantHappensWould BePayWallTrumpArmyPoliceSillyBordersMexicoBeing SillyBorder Patrol Author:John Yarmuth
“I was under police security for 15 years because I was on their hit-list. I opposed Khalistan because I thought it would be suicide for the Sikh community to demand a separate state, and they heard me because they knew I was one of them. I think I turned round at least the intelligent Sikh's point of view and that gave me enormous satisfaction.” ThinkingYearsStatesWould BeCommunityViewsHeardSecurityDemandIntelligentPoliceSuicideRoundsSatisfactionPoint Of ViewListsEnormous Author:Khushwant Singh
“I was fortunately able to avoid getting into any trouble with police. There was - I remember I was 12, and I did something really (laughter) - a couple of friends, Cinco de Mayo - we were off school, and we saw some people looking like they were having a party. And we had a little bit too much time on our hands, and so we figured, as kids, a great idea would be to throw some things over the fence and hit all these people with stuff, like eggs and everything.” PeopleLittlesIdeasHandsWould BeKidsAbleSchoolRememberStuffBitsPartySawsToo MuchTroubleCoupleLittle BitLaughterPoliceEggsFenceGreat IdeaCinco De Mayo Author:Mahershala Ali
“I'm not interested in details that might get someone into trouble. I'm more interested in generalities rather than the particulars, as a journalist would be. Names, dates and times don't interest me at all. I'm interested in feelings and emotions. Most people are game, once they realize that you're on the level as far as that's concerned and you're not about exposing them, then they feel quite free to talk about it. Police officers and social workers are no exception.” PeopleFeelsFeelingsMightWould BeGamesNamesSocialInterestRealizingLevelsEmotionTroubleConcernedPoliceWorkersDetailsJournalistExceptionOfficersNot InterestedFeelings And EmotionsPolice OfficerExposingSocial WorkerGeneralities Author:Irvine Welsh
“If Google decided at any point to publish my search history, or your search history, or anyone's search history, there's a litany of things they could idea police you about, and if it was published, you would be publicly shamed. Everyone would be publicly shamed. But we trust Google, and we trust the people that run that company.” PeopleIfsIdeasWould BeRunningCompanyDecidedPoliceGooglePublish Author:Ashton Kutcher
“D'you ever wonder what it would be like if our positions were reversed?' I ask. At Jack's puzzled look I continue. 'If we whites were in charge instead of you Crosses?' 'Can't say it's ever crossed my mind,' Jack shrugs. 'I used to think about it a lot,' I sigh. 'Dreams of living in a world with no more discrimination, no more prejudice, a fair police force, an equal justice system, equality of education, equality of life, a level playing field.” IfsThinkingWorldMindLooksDreamWould BeUsedAsksForceJusticeLevelsWonderFieldsPositionEqualFairsCrossesPrejudicePoliceDiscriminationSighJustice SystemPlaying FieldsPuzzledPolice ForceLevel Playing FieldEqual JusticeNoughts And Crosses Author:Malorie Blackman
“If there was special interests affecting police work, I believe that would be called corruption. So, if it has do with donating money versus a popular vote, I think we have a bigger problem in this country and somebody's gotta wake up to that.” IfsThinkingBelieveCountryProblemWould BeI BelieveInterestSpecialGunVoteBiggerWake UpPoliceCorruptionGun ControlVersusSpecial InterestsPopular VoteBigger ProblemsPolice Work Author:Garry McCarthy
“On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles.” Would BeHouseFiveTwentiesPoliceBirthdayOwnersStationsFlagsRoyalTwenty Five Author:Mary Antin
“Christians don't steal or lie, they don't get divorced or have abortions. If the Ten Commandments were followed by everyone we would be able to fire half the police force and in six months the prisons would be all half empty.” IfsWould BeAbleChristianLyingForceHalfFireMonthsTenSixEmptyPolicePrisonStealingAbortionCommandmentsSix MonthsDivorcedTen CommandmentsHalf EmptyPolice Force Author:John Hagee
“As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder of a child or the murder of a police officer. The events of September 11 convinced me that terrorists also deserve the ultimate punishment.” BelieveChildrenWould BeCertainEventsCrimeDeserveUltimateMurderPoliceConvincedTerroristPunishmentOfficersGovernorsSeptemberPenaltiesDeath PenaltySeptember 11Police OfficerHeinous Crimes Author:Howard Dean
“State ownership and control is not necessarily Socialism - if it were, then the Army, the Navy, the Police, the Judges, the Gaolers, the Informers, and the Hangmen, all would all be Socialist functionaries, as they are State officials - but the ownership by the State of all the land and materials for labour, combined with the co-operative control by the workers of such land and materials, would be Socialism.” IfsStatesWould BeLandJudgingMaterialsArmyPoliceWorkersSocialismOfficialsLabourOwnershipSocialistNavyHangmanInformersOwnership And Control Author:James Connolly
“Just because you can watch half-nude women on afternoon television or gay men kissing on the streets of nearly any major city does not mean America is free, as complacent liberals might think, much less too free, as conservatives often suggest. Just because most dissidents are left alone doesn't mean there is no police state, for that would be convenient indeed for the police statists: the idea that people ought not complain so long as they have the right to do so.” PeopleThinkingMenMeanLongDoeIdeasStatesMightWould BeAmericaLeftCitiesHalfWatchesStreetsTelevisionOughtGayKissingMajorsPoliceComplainingAfternoonConvenientLeft AloneComplacentGay MenPolice StateDissidents Author:Anthony Gregory
“How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone.” IfsKnowsSaidWould BeLove IsGoneBrokenPoliceSevenNineBroken HeartDo You KnowI Love YouHeart BrokeBeing BrokenSad Breaking HeartGone Love Author:Marlene Dietrich
“So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery and suffering to the masses have their root in governments, and owe their whole existence to the power derived from government we cannot help but believe that were every law, every title deed, every court, and every police officer or soldier abolished tomorrow with one sweep, we would be better off than now.” BelieveWholeHelpingGovernmentWould BeAbleLawSufferingExistenceTomorrowMassRootsPoliceInstitutionsCourtMiserySoldierDeedsTitlesOfficersUnjustBetter OffPolice OfficerMisery And Suffering Author:Lucy Parsons
“I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed to be that day: information professionals, teachers, police, community organizers, computer technicians, historians, confidantes, clerks, social workers, storytellers, or, in this case, guardians of my peace.” Would BeSocialCommunityCasesTeacherInformationNeededComputerPoliceWorkersProtectionServantHistorianStorytellerGuardianLibrarianCivilitySocial WorkerClerksOrganizerTechniciansCivil Servants Author:Marilyn Johnson
“A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and ten. It is at this age, when he would be too old to be a clerk or a gardener or a police-court magistrate, that he is ripe to govern a country.” MenCountryWould BeAgeThreePoliticsSocietyPoliticianTenPoliceCourtScoreFortyGardenerStatesmenRipeClerksMagistrates Book:Cakes and Ale Source: Cakes and Ale