Quote by David Mamet
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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status. – David Mamet

Other quotes by David Mamet

If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals. – David Mamet

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Government
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My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line. – David Mamet

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Fear
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Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony. – Jack Kevorkian

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The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it. – Mary Catherine Bateson

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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. – Hannah Arendt

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Death

McVeighs lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done. – Jon Stewart

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