West Mounted Police

Famous quotes containing the words west, mounted and/or police:

    “The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity.”
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

    “Casey Jones, mounted to the cabin,
    Casey Jones, throttle in his hand,
    Casey Jones mounted to the cabin,
    Took his farewell journey to the Promised Land.”
    —Unknown. Casey Jones (l. 49–52)

    “I guess a career in the police didn’t really prepare you for this, did it?”
    —Bob Hunt (b. 1951)