Quotes About Society

It has almost become a cliche that we are a polarized country, but the reality runs deeper.

When Black Lives Matter started, it was polarizing.

If you think people are inherently good, you get rid of the police for 24 hours - see what happens.

I think people have always had ambiguous relationships toward the police because of the position in society they occupy. But that anxiety and that animosity isn't as strong in other places as it is in the U.S., partially because the police are armed here.

Police are the enforcers of America's agenda.

The police need to come down to street level.

We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police.

I think the answer to civil disorder in America, the answer to police problems in America, the answer to jail overcrowding and all the problems that we see is - the one answer is that government must go back to its people.

What the media does to Trump is what they did the cops - say the police are really harmful, then later ask why people are so scared of the police.

Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position - their responsibility has to be high as well.

It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.

You have to accept that Batman is a fact of life in Gotham City, and on top of that, you have to accept that somehow this city manages to function with a police force that's 90% corrupt.

I just - I come from a very little town where the militarization of the police force is a very real issue.

It is a lot harder now to be a police officer than what it used to be.

When you show a corrupt police officer in a film, you don't mean that all policemen are corrupt. You just point to the fact that there is corruption in the system.

There's a larger conversation we need to have about the role of police officers, their relationship to the people as enemy or executioner, when they're not supposed to be either.

As a black man who doesn't know another black man who hasn't had strange run-ins with police officers, it's impossible for us not to think about whether that could have been us - based on our country, based on our culture, based on our past experiences.

We were raised in the black community not to trust the police, and I believe, in the white community, they were raised to actually be a policeman.

U.S. society doesn't want to play the role of international policeman.

What has happened is we've allowed the people who run policies in this country to sort of make us pick Left and the Right as if those are the only two choices.

I see it along our northern border - the importance of security must be balanced with humane enforcement policies that don't bully schoolchildren who are poised to contribute to our society.

I got kids that are growing up in a Donald Trump world because we screwed up because we haven't been able to craft a message and push policies that connect with working class people.

Our policies should be to help develop civil society and increase contacts with people.

Federal policies must understand the linkages between economic growth, social mobility, and a strong middle class.