#den

When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe. ↗

— Mary Frances Berry

#citizens #confidence #enforcement #erode #good

It was when I was in a police cell at the C.I.D. (Central Intelligence Division) headquarters in Lagos; the cell I was in named "The Kalakuta Republic" by the prisoners. I found out when I went to East Africa that "Kalakuta" is a Swahili word that means "rascal." So if rascality is going to get us what we want, we will use it; because we are dealing with corrupt people, we have to be rascally with them. ↗

— Fela Anikulapo Kuti

#fela-anikulapo-kuti #prison #rascal #intelligence

As parties began to develop around the turn of the 19th century, you had party nominees for President nominated in caucuses made up of party members in Congress. ↗

— Michael Beschloss

#around #began #century #congress #develop

If I grew up in the simple-minded belief that women were as strong and intelligent as men, it was because I came from a society that had once believed it. ↗

— Shirley Abbott

#scotch-irish #strength #intelligence

People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. ↗

— John Betjeman

#benefactors #front #gardens #houses #interesting

Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#energy #energy independence #gas #gas prices #gasoline

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival? ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#austria #both #countries #cultural #france

I had not starred in an independent film and it's about a woman who owned a hair salon. ↗

— Jenifer Lewis

#film #had #hair #i #independent

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#forest #path #skepticism #sound #thick

More time on paperwork means less time spent with students or preparing lessons for students. It is as simple as that. The numerous reforms in the bill will go a long way to free our time of special educators. ↗

— Christopher Bond

#educators #free #go #less #lessons