Word: protection
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...right to interfere. Pretending to be patriotic and vigilant, the authorities merely have shown themselves to be ridiculous and meddlesome. The play of the human spirit and freedom of thought, even of foolish thought, cannot be left in the hands of those whose only business it is to protect life and property and maintain order. The human mind is not meant for the safe-keeping of the police...
...support of the entire country. Who does not pity the rum runner, tossing in his ship upon the fretful sea and longing for a Bible to solace his lonely hours? And what of the house-to-house pedlar, is he to have no bundle of holy trac's to protect his vitals from the bullets of the revenue officers? These men deserve all the pity they can get, for they are strangers in their native land, pursued relentlessly, and now and then successfully, by the minions...
...courts must struggle steadily on alone, sometimes erring but always trying to protect society from such dangers. Their worst enemies are not the criminal's friends, or false witnesses, but often the people themselves whom they are trying to safeguard, foolishly blinded as they are by the false glamor of crime...
...Singapore base. To talk about this country's being provocative is sheer nonsense. Out of 352 warships building or projected, our contribution is 20. We have no lust of conquest; we have no desire for more territory; all we want is peace to protect and develop our trade and the territory we have got. No gesture is needed to show that Britain is a peaceable country...
Presidency: "The German President on assuming office must swear fidelity to the Constitution. A German man keeps his oath. Every man of honor sees in this oath the obvious duty to protect the Constitution and the State by force, if necessary...