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“We must continue to be diligent in protecting Americans' civil liberties while preserving critical law enforcement tools we need to keep America safe.”

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Author:Debbie Stabenow

“Third, and finally, the educated citizen has an obligation to uphold the law. This is the obligation of every citizen in a free and peaceful society--but the educated citizen has a special responsibility by the virtue of his greater understanding. For whether he has ever studied history or current events, ethics or civics, the rules of a profession or the tools of a trade, he knows that only a respect for the law makes it possible for free men to dwell together in peace and progress.”

“Lawyers are shy of meddling with the Law on their own account: knowing it to be an edged tool of uncertain application, very expensive in the working, and rather remarkable for its properties of close shaving than for its always shaving the right person.”

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Book:The Old Curiosity Shop ... With a Frontispiece. From a Painting by Geo. Cattermole, Etc

Source: The Old Curiosity Shop ... With a Frontispiece. From a Painting by Geo. Cattermole, Etc

“Von Neumann languages do not have useful properties for reasoning about programs. Axiomatic and denotational semantics are precise tools for describing and understanding conventional programs, but they only talk about them and cannot alter their ungainly properties. Unlike von Neumann languages, the language of ordinary algebra is suitable both for stating its laws and for transforming an equation into its solution, all within the "language."”

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Author:John Backus

“Unfortunately, throughout the housing crisis we've seen innocent homeowners who have been victims of shady mortgage lenders and unscrupulous individuals who have used a down market to line their own pockets at the expense of others. This bill is designed to send a message by revising our laws to ensure criminals are brought to justice and that law enforcement has the tools to uncover these fraudulent schemes and go after the bad actors. Criminals should be put on notice that ripping off homeowners and taxpayers won't be tolerated.”

“Consumers are realizing the benefits of in-car entertainment and navigation systems. When used properly, these products are great tools that help drivers focus on the road. Consumers need to remember to follow state laws, watch the road and use common sense when putting these and other products to work.”

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Author:Gary Shapiro

“Our law enforcement must have every tool necessary to find and disrupt terrorists at home and abroad. That's the task of the 21st century.”

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Author:George W. Bush

“[My wife] liked to collect old encyclopedias from second-hand bookstores, and at one point we had eight of them. When I wrote my first historical novel---back in 1980, before I was online---I used them often as a research tool. For instance, I learned that the Bastille was either 90 feet high or 100 feet or 120 feet. This led me to formulate Wilson's 22nd Law: 'Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only look in one encyclopedia.'”

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Author:Robert Anton Wilson

“The law is not abstract, impartially arbitrating between conflicting social classes; it is a tool in the hands of those who govern.”

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Author:Josephine Herbst

“To give law enforcement the additional tools it needs to track down terror here at home.”

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Author:George W. Bush