Enforce
To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.
To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.
To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.
To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
To attempt by force.
To prove; to evince.
To strengthen; to grow strong.
Force; strength; power.
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Enforce Quotations
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
Abraham Lincoln
Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.
Tony Blair
We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
Abdul Kalam
When dealing with illegal immigration, the answer is simple; enforce Constitutional mandates, and you will protect Floridians and the American people.
Allen West
Well, I think we need to have attrition by enforcement. We need to secure our borders. We need to enforce our laws.
Allen West
One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it.
Kristi Yamaguchi
There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.
Hubert H. Humphrey
Unfortunately, the reality was that, for political reasons or whatever, there was a need to enforce antidiscrimination laws, or at least there was a perceived need to do that.
Clarence Thomas
The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international police force with power to enforce national conformity to rules of right conduct is a counsel of perfection.
Elihu Root
There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the nation in this its darkest hour: one only; I know of no other to which we may rationally trust for relief from impending dangers without and within.
Robert Dale Owen
Enforce Translations
enforce in German is erzwingen
enforce in Italian is estorsi
enforce in Spanish is dar fuerza, obligar
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