
“You have the right not to be killed, unless it was done by a policeman or an aristocrat.”
The Clash, "Know Your Rights", Combat Rock (1982).
Lyrics
Event hosted by Veja on 27 November 2017. 'Policial que não mata não é policial', diz Bolsonaro https://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,policial-que-nao-mata-nao-e-policial-diz-bolsonaro,70002098866. Estadão (27 November 2017).
“You have the right not to be killed, unless it was done by a policeman or an aristocrat.”
The Clash, "Know Your Rights", Combat Rock (1982).
Lyrics
“Whenever I get that sad, depressed feeling, I go out and kill a policeman.”
[A Handbook for Psychological Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations in Law Enforcement, Cary D., Rostow, Robert D. Davis, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 0789023962, 18]
Said during the civil disorders associated with the Democratic National Convention in 1968.
“A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.”
“Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.”
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 53
“All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.”
Source: My Autobiography (1964), Ch. 10
“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.”
Other People's Money—and How Bankers Use It (1914).
Extra-judicial writings
Context: Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.