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enforcement

Noun

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That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.

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Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert F. Kennedy

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement. Barack Obama

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement. Germaine Greer

We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement. William Howard Taft

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth. Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar. J. Edgar Hoover

People think that child-support enforcement benefits children, but it doesn't. Phyllis Schlafly

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