The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law.

Herbert Hoover

Inaugural Address of Herbert Hoover

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Rule of law Law

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Herbert Hoover

Source

Inaugural Address of Herbert Hoover Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

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Political speech

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Hoover, Herbert. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1929, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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The truth is, that the law is always approaching, and never reaching, consistency. It is forever adopting new principles from life at one end, and it always retains old ones from history at the other, which have not yet been absorbed or sloughed off. It will become entirely consistent only when it ceases to grow.

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Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

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First Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1953, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.