Ray Stannard Baker Quotes

Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in.

I always thought that the badge a cop has was more like the shield that Captain America has. It's an obvious sign of good and something you'll protect other people with, but it will also protect you.

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

The policeman isn't there to create disorder, the policeman is there to preserve disorder.

The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms, like law, discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property.

The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.

I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. They're always misunderstood, but they're the ones who are standing up for human rights.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

If the civil authorities refuse to protect me, I must look to God, and if I die, I have determined to make my grave in Alton.

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.

The law is bigger than money - but only if the law works hard enough.

When you see a girl like me bustin' perps, there ain't no time to be pretty.

I want Ron to stand up to Malfoy and punish him.

There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.

We are poor and our allies are few, but we have our bodies and justice as our tools.

What we depend upon in a political leader is the fact that if necessary he will kill for us…. If he is not willing to shed blood we are afraid of him. He must protect us.

Virtue without terror is powerlessness.

We shall be intimidated by no government, however powerful.

We cannot have a situation where people decide to sit in places not allowed and when police remove them they say no. We can’t have that. That is a revolt to the system. Some are crying that they were beaten. Yes you will be thoroughly beaten. When the police say move, you move. If you don’t move, you invite the police to use force.

Arms are dangerous instruments and not necessarily forged for good. How can we safely entrust them to any but those who have schooled themselves in the precepts of the Classics and can use these weapons for the realization of Humanity and Righteousness? To quell violence and disorder, to repulse barbarians and brigands, to rescue living souls from agony and torture, to save the nation from imminent downfall-these are the true ends of Humanity and Righteousness.

I know no human being exempt from the law. The law is the security of the people of England; it is the security of every person that is governed, and of every person that governs.