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)

    Well, intuition isn’t much help in police work. Facts are what we need.
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    C’est à Paris que je me coiffe
    Casque noir de jemenfoutiste.
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)