The revenue officers, furthermore, have been to the people of Alaska the respected representatives of law and order, and in many cases the arbiters and enforcers of justice.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot
To give it its most favorable interpretation, it is a sort of crazy counsel of perfection, incompatible with the healthy tenor and contents of human nature, and sure in the end to involve in its errant tentacles not only those who are the avowed objects of its pursuit, but likewise the lawmakers and enforcers themselves.
"The Subterranean Brotherhood"
Julian Hawthorne
If they are opposed, you shall find me among the sternest enforcers of obedience.
"Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama."
George Cary Eggleston