A wise government knows how to enforce with temper or to conciliate with dignity.
The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government Government should not support the people.
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
If thou desire the love of God and man be humble for the proud heart as it loves none but itself is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength nor reason can prevail.
In my public service I treasure my friendship with law enforcement officers. I admire what they do and support them in every aspect of their job. I have always looked upon law enforcement officers as my friends.
Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence.
The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy finance intelligence law enforcement and of course military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along.
No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.
President Obama and his radical feminist enforcers have had it in for Catholic medical providers from the get-go. It's about time all people of faith fought back against this unprecedented encroachment on religious liberty. First they came for the Catholics. Who's next?
As someone with a deep faith in competition and the market I also know that markets only work with tough enforcement of the rules that guarantee competition and fair play - and that the pressure to break those rules only gets stronger as the amount of money involved gets larger.