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On the recordApril 15, 2013
I fear that we are drifting far from that concept of a Nation of laws and not of men, and reversing that to becoming a Nation of men and not of laws.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

McClintock expresses concern about the erosion of legal principles in governance.

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