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Quotes About Enforcement

Don't you see the act of capturing and punishing another being is an act of force? It's impossible to enforce laws without violence. Some authority always wields the power to arrest, to imprison, and to execute. The sole purpose of law is to provide a moral gloss for the use of violence to bend others to the will of a higher authority.
~ James Maxey
Those who challenge the existing pattern of entitlements in a society do not consider the designated officers of enforcement powerful; they consider them opponents in a struggle that will determine by its outcome who is powerful. One does not win by power; one wins to be powerful.
~ James P Carse
As it turned out Miranda did not much change the practices of law enforcement: police and prosecutors managed to figure out ways of maneuvering around the decision.
~ James T. Patterson
Compromises based on the idea that the preservation of the Union is more important than the liberty of nearly 4,000,000 human beings cannot be right. The alteration of the Constitution to perpetuate slavery—the enforcement of a law to recapture a poor, suffering fugitive . . . these compromises cannot be approved by God or supported by good men.
~ Doris Kearns Goodwin
There were three of them, three police cars left askew across the road in a way that transcended mere parking. It sent out a massive signal to the world saying that the law was here now taking charge of things, and that anyone who just had normal, good and cheerful business to conduct in Lupton Road could just fuck off.
~ Douglas Adams
There are many essential police skills they don't teach you at the Academy," said Pendergast. "Ass covering, as it is so charmingly termed, being the most important.
~ Douglas Preston
The purpose of interrogating at night has more to do with torture than law enforcement.
~ Douglas Preston
No Trespassing Violators Will Be Prosecuted With the Utmost Rigor of the Law
~ Douglas Preston
She eventually made it to the Bureau—a career advancement that had the primary benefit of keeping her keester out of the line of fire. Until today. "Local SWAT is en
~ Alan Jacobson
He's defiant, even when challenged by law enforcement.
~ Alan Jacobson
Petty laws breed great crimes.
~ Ouida
One of the crises that we have to deal with is a crisis of law enforcement officials that are not physically capable enough to handle without taking out the gun.
~ Niger Innis
I think piracy itself is going to end up going away.
~ Troy Carter
Money spent by Hollywood to fight piracy: hundreds of millions of dollars.
~ Lexi Alexander
Piracy should be taken very seriously and strong actions should be taken against it.
~ Raza Murad
Piracy should be banned in absolute entirety and stricter rules should be made.
~ Jubin Nautiyal
I am working with Donald Trump to deport dangerous illegal aliens, build the wall, and end sanctuary cities.
~ Dan Donovan
I think that the S.E.C. has been pretty feckless when it comes to reigning in reckless behavior on Wall Street.
~ Martin O'Malley
We're going to be aggressive on Wall Street and in Albany and on Medicaid fraud.
~ Dan Donovan
We can't expect Wall Street to police itself - that's why we have a federal government.
~ Martin O'Malley
I know that on trade and on enforcement and rules of origin, on autos, on issues like taxation, on outsourcing of jobs, I know that - and on Wall Street reform, Hillary Clinton's going to do the right thing.
~ Sherrod Brown
I don't think I'm at all boring. And my children don't think I'm boring. I don't think Wall Street thought I was boring, either, when I went after them.
~ Richard Cordray
We need walls around our schools, we need to protect our schools. Ten-foot rule. You can't get within ten feet unless you're supposed to be there.
~ Tyrus
We have judicial system in Sudan. Anyone who committed a war crime, anti-human crime, or any other crime will be locked up.
~ Omar al-Bashir