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“At one end of the spectrum are the terrorist gangs within our borders, and the terrorist states which finance and arm them. At the other are the hard left operating inside our system, conspiring to use union power and the apparatus of local government to break, defy and subvert the law.”

Ends Hard States Use Government Law Left Break Arms Unions Terrorist Locals Finance Borders Gang Spectrum Local Government Conspiring

Book:The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher

Source: The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher

“Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.”

Giving Law Force Justice Arms Law And Justice

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Laws are commanded to hold their tongues among arms; and tribunals fall to the ground with the peace they are no longer able to uphold.”

War Able Law Fall Arms Tongue Tribunals

Book:Revolutionary Writings: Reflections on the Revolution in France and the First Letter on a Regicide Peace

Source: Revolutionary Writings: Reflections on the Revolution in France and the First Letter on a Regicide Peace

“If we buy a plant of a horticulturist we ask him many questions as to its needs, whether it thrives best in sunshine or in shade, whether it needs much or little water, what degrees of heat or cold; but when we hold in our arms for the first time a being of infinite possibilities, in whose wisdom may rest the destiny of a nation, we take it for granted that the laws governing its life, health, and happiness are intuitively understood, that there is nothing new to be learned in regard to it.”

Source: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: As Revealed in Her Letters & Diary (Abridged)

“Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls; Conscience is but a work that cowards use, Devised at first to keep the strong in awe: Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law!”

Firsts Soul Use Dream Law Strong Arms Conscience Awe Coward Babbling Strong Arms

Book:The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Source: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

“Law stands mute in the midst of arms.”

Law Arms Midst Mute

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The orator, who may be silent without danger, may praise without difficulty and without reluctance; and posterity will confess that the character of Theodosius might furnish the subject of a sincere and ample panegyric. The wisdom of his laws and the success of his arms rendered his administration respectable in the eyes both of his subjects and of his enemies. He loved and practised the virtues of domestic life, which seldom hold their residence in the palaces of kings.”

Source: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume II: A.D. 395 to A.D. 1185 (A Modern Library E-Book)