Georges Limbour quotes

Harton thought that if one squeezed humanity through a wine press, its essence would flow out as drops of policemen.
-- Georges Limbour

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Going to a restaurant is one of my keenest pleasures. Meeting someplace with old and new friends, ordering wine, eating food, surrounded by strangers, I think is the core of what it means to live a civilised life.

The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom.

At its core, meditation is about touching the spiritual essence that exists within us all. Our spiritual essence is not something that we create through meditation it's already there, deep within, behind all the barriers, patiently waiting for us to recognize it.

I am talking about societies drained of their essence, cultures trampled underfoot, institutions undermined, lands confiscated, religions smashed, magnificent artistic creations destroyed, extraordinary possibilities wiped out.

Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society.

We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality.

I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues.

Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly.

Don't denounce our pain as savage. What's savage is the cruel inhumanity and brutality of the police. Condemn that.

In The Police, in a trio situation - which I've come back to now - it's just so wide open that it does actually provide this arena where you can play with a certain freedom.