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Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
From the standpoint of any sane person, the present problem of capitalist concentration is not only a question of law, but of criminal law, not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is the first law of practical courage. To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
No one wants adversity. Trials, disappointments, sadness, and heartache come to us from two basically different sources. Those who transgress the laws of God will… — Richard G. Scott
A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes… — Agatha Christie
The police must obey the law while enforcing the law. — Earl Warren
The cliché organizes life; it expropriates people's identity; it becomes ruler, defense lawyer, judge, and the law. — Vaclav Havel
Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in… — Thomas Jefferson
I will lead you to the City Hall, clean out the police force, hang the Prosecuting Attorney, burn every book that has a particle of… — Denis Kearney
The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for,… — George Washington
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them… — Benjamin Franklin
Our laws were not designed to accommodate three or four thousand refugees coming here per day. Our laws were designed for people to be screened… — Jimmy Carter
I'm sometimes asked why it is that for 30 years we seem to have trouble in the United States enforcing the rules against illegal immigration,… — Michael Chertoff
We don't really have the ability to enforce the law with respect to illegal work in this country in a way that's truly effective...We haven't… — Michael Chertoff
Most illegal immigrants are not by nature lawbreakers. Most are looking for the chance to live in dignity. Nevertheless we must continue to discourage illegal… — William J. Clinton
Our immigration policy is focussed in four areas: First, strengthening border control; second, protecting American jobs by enforcing laws against illegal immigrants at the workplace;… — William J. Clinton
It is wrong, and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws that we have seen...in… — William J. Clinton
In the budget I will present to you, we will try to do more to speed the deportation of illegal aliens who are arrested for… — William J. Clinton
For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it. — Barbara Jordan
We should strengthen our immigration laws to prevent the importation of foreign wages and working conditions. We should make it illegal for employers to lay… — Edward Kennedy
Legal immigrants play by the rules and come in under the law. They work, raise their families, pay taxes, and serve in the Armed Forces.… — Edward Kennedy
The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child. But… — Ed Koch
We have to identify everybody that's here, and there's going to be an appropriate discussion in Congress on how to deal with an individual who… — Rick Perry
The ongoing migration of persons to the United States in violation of our laws is a serious national problem detrimental to the interests of the… — Ronald Reagan
Let's face it.., our current [immigration control] system is like a busy intersection without a traffic cop: sure there are laws on the books, but… — Ronald Reagan

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