1960s, The Quest for Peace and Justice (1964)
Context: There is a sort of poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.
“We did not yet have laws or order. We were like children just learning to walk.”
On the Democratic Kampuchea period, as reported by David Ashley (1995) and quoted in David P. Chandler, Brother Number One (1999)
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2010s, 2016, September, First presidential debate (September 26, 2016)
Source: Father and Child Reunion (2001), p. 167.
“We probably looked like starving orphan children. Hey! We were starving orphan children.”
Source: The Angel Experiment
“We like to say law, order, freedom — pick one, amigo.”
As quoted in "Debriefing Mike Murphy" https://www.weeklystandard.com/matt-labash/debriefing-mike-murphy (18 March 2016), by Matt Labash, The Weekly Standard
2010s