“Well, we have - we have similar jobs in a way. I wear a uniform, you wear, uh… suppose you could call that a uniform. I used to tell my cadets, you know, all the time… sometimes it’s harder to be a slob than to be neat and tidy and clean. It’s the war, you see, the wars of nations. When that stops, hang up the uniform. I’ll hang up my uniform. I’ll go and take care of my backyard. I got… I got some roses. White roses. And I suppose when people stop abusing each other… you’ll hang up your uniform.”
Columbo: By Dawn’s Early Light (1974, Harvey Hart)