Quotes about Police

159 quotes about Police

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to...

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.

Quote by Confucius about police

Admit nothing, deny everything, demand proof - then blame...

Admit nothing, deny everything, demand proof - then blame a Private.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police

The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.

Quote by Charles Babbage about police

The force of vapour is another fertile source of moving...

The force of vapour is another fertile source of moving power; but even in this case it cannot be maintained that power is created.

Quote by Charles Babbage about police

When a mass of matter is to be removed a certain force...

When a mass of matter is to be removed a certain force must be expended; and upon the proper economy of this force the price of transport will depend.

Quote by Charles Babbage about police

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his...

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.

Quote by Edward Abbey about police

CBS fought very hard on this because it believed and believes that there's a principle at stake here. The principle is that Dan Rather doesn't work for the police, and that people that speak to Dan Rather understand that he's a journalist and not...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about police

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS journalist you are, therefore, inevitably, immediately speaking to the police, I don't think there's any doubt but that people won't talk. And, therefore, the public won't...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about police

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very...

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about police

I had to force things to happen.

I had to force things to happen.

Quote by Victoria Abril about police

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the...

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Quote by Lord Acton about police

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

Quote by Ansel Adams about police

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.

Quote by Joseph Addison about police

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Quote by Aesop about police

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon...

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

Quote by Aesop about police

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.

Quote by Ray Bradbury about police

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the...

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about police

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation -...

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about police

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of...

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.

Quote by Albert Camus about police

Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office.

Quote by Geena Davis about police

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