Ambrose (Gwinnett) Bierce, 1842-1914
was an US author and satirist
POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.
( “The Devil's Dictionary”, 1906 )
Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
was an US (German-born) physicist
Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.