Defects Quote by Baron de Montesquieu

A law is not a law without coercion behind it…

— James A. Garfield

Whenever the government is involved, there is an element of coercion.

— Dinesh D'Souza

A republic of this kind, able to withstand an external force, may support itself without any internal corruptions. The form of this society prevents…

— Alexander Hamilton

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

All governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered without…

— Olaf Stapledon

Coercion is the basis of every law in the universe,--human or divine. A law is not law without coercion behind it.

— James A. Garfield

We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.

— William Sloane Coffin

This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.

— James Bovard

Law is any application for the official use of coercion that succeeds.

— Bob Black

This country does not punish its political enemies. What this country ensures is that no one is above the law.

— Jeff Sessions

It seems to me that any law that is not enforced and can't be enforced weakens all other laws.

— Robert A. Heinlein