Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution
See John Stuart Mill for a similar English quotation that very year.
I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.
We must send the message that if you use illegal drugs, you will pay the ultimate price by not playing an entire season. And if you get caught again, you will be banished for life.
You must act with all energy. Mass searches. Execution for concealing arms.
The lure of heady profits of the late 1990's spawned abuses and excesses. With strict enforcement and higher ethical standards, we must usher in a new era of integrity in corporate America.
Well, I think we need to have attrition by enforcement. We need to secure our borders. We need to enforce our laws.
Anyone caught with tobacco will be tortured until he gives up the name of his supplier.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
We're going to be working in a stringent way and very good way on crime.
In all the towns and villages it controls, ISIS has implemented its very conservative version of Sharia. Rules on appearance are strictly enforced: a beard for men, the full veil for women. This is required for the whole population.
We have to ensure we are aggressively enforcing existing laws.
I'll stand with President Trump and get tough on illegal immigration.
We need to learn that in the Champions League, the referees are vigilant and quick to whistle.
In a Donald Trump administration, all immigration laws will be enforced. As with any law enforcement activity, we will set priorities. But unlike Barack Obama administration, no one will be immune or exempt from enforcement.
... one of those librarians who rules the stacks with an intimidating scowl, whispers quiet sharply enough to lacerate the tender inner tissues of the ear, and will pursue an overdue-book fine with the ferocity of a rabid ferret.
I'm an equal-opportunity law-enforcement guy - I lock everybody up.
I intend to be vehement in my enforcement of the [foreign trade] laws. We've got to stop getting rolled.
We used tough methods to show what's wrong and what's right. Against those who didn't understand, we led a tough and even cruel struggle.