Word: obeys
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...minute-men--we hear her and obey...
...received by statute some especial discretionary power with regard to it. He then quoted from a speech of Daniel Webster in 1832, showing that an executive officer has no more license to construe the laws which he is to enforce than a private citizen whose only duty is to obey them, and further developed the specific evils which would result from a non-enforcement of this particular law. In establishing this position, he showed that non-enforcement of the excise law would result in breeding disrespect for law in general among the citizens. He then brought out the fact that...
...increase respect for law. But it hardly seems that the enforcement of a law which produces disastrous results would increase respect for law. The fact is that it has been shown impossible to enforce this law. If the people of New York could be brought to respect and obey the law the case would be entirely different, but now if you try to enforce this law and utterly fail, you will accomplish nothing. It is said that if we allow the Mayor to exercise discretion we shall have despotism; but we are willing to trust to the good sense...
...have their virtues, from which other nations may take example. They are patient to the extreme, very industrious and frugal. In their commercial relations they may be relied on, far more than the Japanese. The Chinese have a great deal of reverence for the government, and are willing to obey the laws, such as there are, without question...