Maurice Papon/prefect of Police of Paris 1958-1967

Famous quotes containing the words prefect, police and/or paris:

    “The State has but one face for me: that of the police. To my eyes, all of the State’s ministries have this single face, and I cannot imagine the ministry of culture other than as the police of culture, with its prefect and commissioners.”
    —Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985)

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

    “Let us be realistic and demand the impossible.
    [Soyons rĂ©alistes, demandons l’impossible.]”
    —Graffito. Paris ‘68, ch. 2, Marc Rohan (1988)