When I first heard Hitch give this answer, I didn't really understand it...

[MrScorpio]

These days, I do.

[zeemike]

1. And he lived in a country where the cops were not armed.

He would be frightened to death today,

[raouldukelives]

2. K&R

We've been down this road before. Control of the government, control of the media, legalized propaganda against the citizenry, unending war against a nebulous villain and the torture, beating and killing of those who would challenge it.

[ginnyinWI]

3. I heard the reason why just yesterday on the radio.

When he was a little boy, his parents had him locked up in a real jail for a short time to teach him a lesson for some minor offense. He never got over it, and even refused to ever drive a car, for fear of being pulled over by a policeman. Gives new insight to the scene in Psycho where the girl gets pulled over by the cop.

[Sanity Claws]

4. Did you mean Hitchcock?

Isn't that who is speaking?