“The Laws ought to be so framed, as to secure the Safety of every Citizen as much as possible.”
Proposals for a New Law Code (1768), Item 33
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Context: In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice.
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“June smiled. "So what will it be? Safety, or a future of pain and possibility?”
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“We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.”
2013, Second Inaugural Address (January 2013)
Context: We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity. We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future. For we remember the lessons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn.