Public Safety Quotes

Quotes tagged as "public-safety" Showing 1-10 of 10
Noah Webster
“Tyranny is the exercise of some power over a man, which is not warranted by law, or necessary for the public safety. A people can never be deprived of their liberties, while they retain in their own hands, a power sufficient to any other power in the state.”
Noah Webster

Edward Humes
“Is it always in the interest of the public safety to seek the prosecutor's traditional solution -- the harshest penalty possible? Or is the public best served by finding ways to change a kid's lot in life for the better, even if that means opening the prison door?”
Edward Humes, No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court

Abhijit Naskar
“Law enforcement exists to ensure the safety of the public, but if the public are primitive enough to think that all they need to ensure their safety is a personal firearm, then we better destroy all things civilized and head back to the jungle, because a society where anybody can own a gun is not a society, but a jungle anyways.”
Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

David Chiles
“It's proper netiquette to power on your smartphone (mobile) to go through metal detectors. NetworkEtiquette.net”
David Chiles

“You can't lock yourself up and make yourself completely safe. You can't. It's not possible.”
Pramila Jayapal

“We are at an impasse...There will come a time, when we can no longer safely approach any Muslim (or radicalised liberal), since we simply cannot trust that they won't lash out with the intent to kill.
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Anita B. Sulser PhD, We Are One

Abhijit Naskar
“Owning a gun doesn't increase civilian security, it only threatens it, thus making it far more difficult for law enforcement to ensure public safety.”
Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

Abhijit Naskar
“Society that confuses guns with gallantry, has no idea what gallantry is.”
Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

Steven Magee
“Hurricanes Ian and Dora are both lessons that the government cannot be trusted.”
Steven Magee