19+ Robert Peel Quotes On Policing, Education And Police Brutality
Robert Peel was an English statesman and Conservative Party politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He is regarded as the father of modern British policing, having founded the Metropolitan Police Service in 1829. He is also known for introducing the Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846, which marked the end of the Corn Laws and helped to establish a free trade system in Britain. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Robert Peel on policing, education, police brutality.
The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence. — Robert Peel
Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws. — Robert Peel
The police are the public and the public are the police. — Robert Peel
Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs. — Robert Peel
In every village there will arise a miscreant to establish the most grinding tyranny by calling himself the people. — Robert Peel
The real truth is, the number of convicts is too overwhelming for the means of proper and effectual punishment. I despair of any remedy but that which I wish I could hope for - a great reduction in the amount of crime. — Robert Peel
I never knew a man escape failures, in either mind or body, who worked seven days in a week. — Robert Peel
Can there be a more lamentable picture than that of a Chancellor of the Exchequer seated on an empty chest by a pool of bottomless deficiency fishing for a budget? — Robert Peel
Of all the vulgar arts of government, that of solving every difficulty that might arise by thrusting the hand into the public purse is the most illusory and contemptible. — Robert Peel
But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings. — Robert Peel
I have read all that has been written by the gravest authorities on political economy on the subject of rent, wages, taxes, tithes. — Robert Peel
My belief is, from all that I have seen of the French people and their Government, that they are much more likely to presume upon our weakness than to take offence at our strength. — Robert Peel
The Reform Bill has destroyed the ancient conduits and strainers, and brings Public Opinion to act upon the government with the rapid, turbulent, and uncertain violence of a flood! — Robert Peel
However much I have been blamed for not showing more deferences to a great party, and for not acting more steadily on party principles, all I have to regret is that I showed so much. — Robert Peel
Much is said about English severity, but not a word about Irish provocation. — Robert Peel
The distinction of being without an honour is becoming a rare and valuable one and should not become extinct. — Robert Peel
On the Wednesday evening - that is, the day I saw her Majesty on this particular point - I had the opportunity of conferring with all those whom I proposed to submit to her Majesty as Ministers. — Robert Peel
There seem to me to be very few facts, at least ascertainable facts, in politics. — Robert Peel
No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion. — Robert Peel
Life Lessons by Robert Peel
- Robert Peel taught us the importance of being a leader who listens to the people, and who is willing to make decisions based on the best interests of the public.
- He also showed us the value of being a leader who is open to compromise and willing to work with those who have different perspectives.
- Lastly, he demonstrated the importance of having a strong moral compass and standing up for what is right, even if it is unpopular.
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