No nation can for long survive the failure of its citizens to respect and obey the laws which they themselves make.
Herbert Hoover: “No nation can for long survive the failure of its citizens to respect and obey the laws which they themselves make.”
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Remarks at the First Meeting of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement.
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