Heraclitus Warrior Speech by Dr. Paul Whitesell

[@Tronpool99]

This was burned into my mind at SWAT school, we had to repeat it over and over during every P.T. Session.

[@dmbertrand15]

I had the privilege to have Dr. Whitesell speak to my class at the police academy and feel like it made me even more proud to be a police officer! He is a very wise and inspirational man! Not only is he educated but he has more experiences for line of duty than most will ever have! He knows what he is talking about!!!

[@mwatkins55]

Excellent speech. Strongly spoken. Much needed.

[@crazystemlady]

the way he introduces it, says his name, and the accent makes me laugh every time. love it lol good stuff

[@carnivoreeats840]

This is awesome! I'm halfway through my academy and this motivates me to do the best that I can do!

[@dpd0710]

I remember watching a VHS tape of Dr. Whitesell, back when I went though firearms instructor school over 20 years ago. He talked about being a warrior even before I had heard Grossman talk about it. Something Whitesell said has always stuck with me "have a plan before you get into trouble, because you sure won't be able to come up withanything brilliant when your ass in the fire" (paraphrased)

[@DeadBoyHK1]

Perfect words, with the perfect tone.

[@marianotalavera8494]

I know right 🤝

[@marcarrington3693]

this is what i needed.

[@poacher-ec9zo]

Thanks

[@StoneCharron]

I don’t know much about what other people have experienced, because I have not grown up through their eyes and their minds, but from what I know about myself, police are indeed warriors. Police lay their lives on the line each day they go to work. Call them pigs, threaten them with death or curb stomping, and you are no better than those cops who decide to stray from the pack. Yes, I am biased. My dad is a cop, I watch him leave every morning, and I’m relieved when I see him come home. I’m relieved because I know everyday when he leaves there’s the chance that he gets unlucky, maybe he pulls over someone who’s had a bad stroke of luck recently, who’d shoot the next pig they see, maybe he’ll pull over a felon with a warrant out for their arrest and although he takes this into account and although he has all the training he has he’s not careful enough and next thing you know my dad is dead. I don’t get to see what he sees, the things he goes through, the people he helps each day not by arresting others but by being kind and caring, by understanding that everyone comes from all walks of life and that each person has their own troubles to bear. I also know that when my dad gets the call of domestic violence, some maniac that’s walking around with a gun yelling at people, a hot pursuit of a felon, he has to prepare himself for the fact that he may have to take a human life. These are the struggles of a warrior. A pig? Maybe, but if he’s a pig then pig’s must be pretty damn courageous. I know that out there is another kid who sees his dad leave for work each day and is relieved when he comes home safe not because he is a cop but because he is a man of color, poor, left the short straw by a society that illegitimizes his disposition. struggling to work for his children, trying to work at any job that helps him support for his family, and each day when he leaves he risks his life, not because of the terrible pigs and their murderous tendencies but because of the racial divide. Not because we see each other as different but because we do not live life through each others eyes. In a way we are a lot alike but we don’t see it that way, in fact some like me are born in such well kept circumstances that we assume that every child of America is inclined to live in the same situations that we were. Thinking that the racial divide was broken long ago with the end of segregation. We see each other as equal, yet we don’t realize the problems each other is placed under. I will always believe that police are Warriors. They hold their banner high, they are subjected to situations, some of which could be solved with rational thinking if more time was allowed, but life isn’t always fair. The warriors job is to protect us, not only from those who wish to hurt us but from ourselves. A warrior is more than just a mindless drone who does whatever they’re told, a warrior is compassionate, kind, caring, intelligent, direct, concise, strong-willed, and alone. Just because you have the pleasure of living the high life, never having to think about those who protect you, does not make those who protect you “pigs”. Just because you can’t see something does not mean it doesn’t exist. Remember we are all different from different walks of life, and in this way we are similar, never really able to know how we all see the world differently. My dad is a warrior, those who stand against oppression and their poor disposition without causing cruelty and destruction are warriors. Warriors are strong willed. Slanderers only bring us down. Be a warrior, stand up with pride, and bear the weight of the world.

[@myshadowkungfu]

The problem...is that they ask you to take sides and most do. The truth, comprimise, moving forward...lies balanced in the center of both extremes. Taking a side and refusing the "other side," i believe, Sir, is the very defintion of both extremism...and insanity.

[@myshadowkungfu]

Great essay though. I too, am an ese from S.A.

[@-o-light8863]

I am going to play this to the people I hire from now on. This will save me time and money, hopefully the 10% will walk out on their own accord.

[@AbnsundevilL7]

Right up there with Gunny Walgren's John Glenn speech to Angry Co, 1/6 Marines.

[@dpitillwedie5716]

We don't die We multiply✨🖤✨

[@yojimbo05]

I love the video where this was in the intro of The Warrior Song I hope someone has the link

[@yojimbo05]

someone needs to make a Warrior Song with Heraclitus speech lol

[@yojimbo05]

@@krelltechnology how so?

[@yojimbo05]

@@krelltechnology there use 5o be a video with this speech before some years back

[@marianotalavera1560]

"A Warrior Is Charged With Bringing A Halt To All Contention & Strife, To Establish Harmony. A Living Shrine Of The Divine, One Who Serves A Grand Purpose; The Path Of Peace!" The Art Of Peace By Morihei Ueshiba

[@marianotalavera1560]

American Pride World Fking Wide!!!!!!!!!!!!777

[@bushikai68]

Nice..but there are some errors or typos in the words on the screen. Great speech....even greater man!

[@cagekicker18]

No! Actually, we need to be WARRIORS to protect each other. Speeders on the highway? If that traffic stops goes downhill in a hurry, who assists the WARRIOR? The other WARRIORS that who!

[@h.w.6481]

Remember Warriors, Old School still RULES.....BOOM..!

[@Flikx0]

👏👏👏

[@pboaz09]

Chills

[@seadragonwizard]

A warrior has control of every thing he does he knows when to use force and when to not use force being a warrior means never giving up never standing down in the face of fear and standing up for the weak. A officers job is to serve a protect that sounds like a job for a worrior not some mabe pambe jackwagon

[@selenawylie7404]

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[@kennethwise5707]

I never heard him make any statements regarding us vs. them.......Never heard him say anything about citizens being monsters or anything like that. If he did make such a statement can you point it to me?

[@JohnDoe-zu2cm]

This was when men stood on two feet, and shared the whiskey.

[@jakethelanguid4720]

Wait I’m sorry, is he implying that 80% of police officers are just targets???

[@agcw765]

Excuse me, but you want the officers to be the Sheep Dog, not the Wolf! The Wolf is the criminal. The Sheep Dog protects the sheep from the Wolves.

[@shah3195]

Training day is it?

[@21essayons]

Heraclitus was a philosopher, and was born around 535 bc. Right of the bat this speech sucks

[@21essayons]

@Kha Khahocu I posted that 6 months ago, shut it pussy.

[@MustafaAtacc]

ahh but one!

[@inmylifetime6080]

Yes sir

[@sametst1903]

Aahh but one

[@agcw765]

The most dangerous/deadly place for a Law Enforcement Officer is a traffic stop.

[@123Booduh]

Ah but 1....

[@frere971]

league of legends ?

[@justedla]

frere GWADA Could you please tell me which video you were talking about?

[@palermofirenze]

This oration is pretty sick, really. We need warriors to stop speeders on the interstate, the primary function of the Indiana State Police? I think not--we only need a few warriors in the police force, on the SWAT teams. The rest would do better if they were diplomats. It's precisely this us-vs-them attitude that makes people disrespect the cops. By the way, the Heraclitus "quotations" are not genuine.

[@johnnyspurlock1460]

you are what’s wrong with America your words are of a coward 🎉

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[@evanhoward759]

This is hilariously ignorant. Heraclitus never trained warriors, he was a philosopher. He went by "The Obscure" and "The Weeping Philosopher". He never made the statement that HE trained these men. He was talking about the men that were trained in the city that he grew up in. However, I'm sure that the men and women that this idiot was talking to ate his quote right up. Just goes to show that leaders can and will take whatever quote from history and use it in their own way to brainwash those below them. Here is the real quote, "Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back."

[@alisonmeyer4174]

You are thinking of a different man named Heraclitus. The man he is most likely referring to is Heraclitus of Cyme in Aeolis, a general. There are many men in ancient history named Heraclitus, and one was a philosopher and commentor on Homer. Although I find White sell to sound like a loudmouth, I would not go as far a calling him an "idiot".

[@booge737]

Kinda sounds like what he said. Just saying. Not on here to argue.

[@porkpistol3346]

Get rid of quotes. Problem solved.

[@raumschiff]

Plain and utter bullshit.

[@CK51000]

Insane SOB Cop job is not warrior.

[@derekskaggs9337]

Actually they are

[@DouglasCorrell1]

+CK51000 It is if it's done right!

[@WizeAdvice1]

+Derek Skaggs they are BARKING DOG'S

[@ronaldrichards5314]

then join up and find out for yourself

[@seadragonwizard]

A warrior has control of every thing he does he knows when to use force and when to not use force being a warrior means never giving up never standing down in the face of fear and standing up for the weak. A officers job is to serve a protect that sounds like a job for a worrior not some mabe pambe jackwagon

[@seadragonwizard]

***** you sir are a fool I love the military they go and fight for our freedom but guess who protects the land while their away. law enforcement makes sure troops have a homeland to return too. Law enforcement fight for your freedom too mabe not over seas but there is plenty of war in the streets you are nothing more than a common marauder!

[@seadragonwizard]

***** read my new comment above