Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
I’m not opposed to police, but I fear their power.
In plain terms
I’m scared of police, not against them.
What can you take from it?
Fear can shape one’s attitude toward authority.

Where it applies

  • public safety
  • civil liberties

Putting it to work

  • evaluate police role
  • address personal fear

Questions to consider

  • Why do you fear authority?
  • How does fear affect your actions?

Another view

It conflates fear with criticism, simplifying complex issues.

More from Alfred Hitchcock

  1. [This award is] meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.

    Permalink to quote #15
  2. In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is the god; he must create life.

    Permalink to quote #17
  3. Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.

    Permalink to quote #14

Related quotes

  1. Those who fear men like laws.

    Luc de Clapiers, marquis de VauvenarguesLuc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues quote #3
  2. We look upon authority too often and focus over and over again, for thirty or forty or fifty years, as if there is something wrong with authority. We see only …

    Rudy GiulianiRudy Giuliani quote #2
  3. 'For too long, we have allowed fear to dictate our politics and suspicions, to shape how we perceive other communities.'

    Ratu Epeli GanilauRatu Epeli Ganilau quote #4