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I mean that the function of the police is to solve problems that have law-enforcement consequences in a way that is based on a genuine partnership with the neighborhood in both the venting of the problem and the discussion of the solution.

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I will have an administrative system where there is no way to extricate red tape.

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In the long run, the public interest depends on private virtue.

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There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of or putting any significant restrictions on the kinds of guns they want.

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Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.

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There are no more liberals They've all been mugged.

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Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

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A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.

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But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.

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In terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: May 27th, 1931

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