Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.

Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it.

The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced – the just demands of peace and security will be met – or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners.

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement

Remember, no matter what color your skin is, if you wear a law enforcement badge, you are automatically racists according to the deranged, lawless leftists.

The heroic action of American law enforcement is the only force standing between us and total anarchy.

We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country.

I think one of the great things about the United States has been our ability to maintain a distinction between our military and domestic law enforcement.

Ours is a nation of laws: of citizens who live under them and for the citizens who enforce them. So, to a community in Ferguson that is rightly hurting and looking for answers, let me call once again for us to seek some understanding rather than simply holler at each other. Let’s seek to heal rather than to wound each other.

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.