William J. Bratton Quotes

Many of the best parts of America's history would have been impossible without police. All the freedoms we enjoy - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from fear - sit on a foundation of public safety.

You know, as attorney general, there's no issue more important than making sure you are safe, that your families are safe.

Public trust is essential to public safety.

I do not intend to take a position, which, if maintained, would abridge the freedom of discussion or restrain the liberty of the press. But I do contend that every principle of political justice, nay, every principle of humanity, demands that discussions shall not be persisted in, when it is manifest that their inevitable consequence is to render insecure … lives and property

The ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain, by fear, nor to exact obedience, but contrariwise, to free every man from fear, that he may live in all possible security; in other words, to strengthen his natural right to exist and work without injury to himself or others.

I look forward to continuing to serve the people of New York and making our state a safer place to live, work and raise families for many years to come.

We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights.

The essential function of the State is to maintain peace, justice, law, and order, and to protect the individual citizen against aggression, violence, theft, and fraud.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.

Liberty is security. Freedom is security.

To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.

My commitment is to continue making a Mexico where families live in an environment of peace and better security.

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.

I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.

But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob; it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Thru the auspices of the viewers who become - I think this is an import - in a democracy, become a working unit with law enforcement against the criminals.

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.

The desire for security must be balanced with our regard for liberty.

A liberty subject to law and subordinate to the common welfare.

Property with peace and order; with civil and social manners ... are good things too; and, without them, liberty is not a benefit ... not likely to continue long.

In the criminal justice system, the law-abiding citizen comes first.