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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
Alexander Hamilton
But since September 11, we have made every effort to try to work closely with state and local law enforcement.
Robert Mueller
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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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In society, liberty for one may mean the suppression of liberty for others.


Gunnar Myrdal
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Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By spurning our own rules, we put that effort at risk.
Anthony Lewis
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I think it's a self-serving effort to put a political agenda above the safety of our law enforcement officers.
Todd Tiahrt
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The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.


Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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I launched Imperia at the Statue of Liberty because I wanted to use something symbolic. I like American society because it always wants to do something new and better.
Roustam Tariko
Those who challenge the law in one or another of its aspects weaken the whole legal structure of society. For one man to disobey a law he does not like is to invite others to disobey another law which he may regard as indispensable to his own livelihood - or life.
Robert Kennedy
Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of punishing injustice?
Frederic Bastiat
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You can't build a society without law.


Naftali Bennett
Governments at all levels and the whole society should act more vigorously to protect the land our lives depend on.
Li Keqiang
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When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually.
Barney Frank
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Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.


Leonard Woolf
Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts by using federal dollars to help municipal governments build what are essentially small armies - where police departments compete to acquire military gear that goes far beyond what most of Americans think of as law enforcement.
Rand Paul
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As a young man, I went to Paris and soaked up many hours of film knowledge from Robert Hakim in my efforts to become a producer.
Harvey Weinstein
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Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.


Andrew Young
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No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God.


William Blackstone
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No part of Italian society should see itself as exempt from the effort to save Italy from collapse.


Giorgio Napolitano
We need a mobilized and active civil society using its purchasing power to demand sustainable products and practices. It is also essential that governments commit to the future, creating fiscal and regulatory conditions for sustainable policies to thrive.
Guilherme Leal