Mohammad Hidayatullah - State Quotes

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In the car, President Nixon seemed relaxed and quite flattered by the response of the people. Characteristically he asked me: Mr President, do people always turn out like this to greet the Indian President or is this because of the President of the United States? I sensed the comparison. I quietly replied Mr President, I would suspect that many youngsters are here to see what a bullet-proof car looks like! He smiled and replied You have a point there!.

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Law and order represents the largest circle within which is the next circle representing public order and the smallest circle represents security of State. It is then easy to see that an Act may affect law and order but not public order, just as an act may affect public order but not security of the State.

Mohammad Hidayatullah

The State is at the centre and the society surrounds it. Disturbances of society go in a broad spectrum from more disturbance of the serenity of life to jeopardy of the State. The acts become graver (and graver) as we journey from the peripheral of the largest circle towards the centre. In this journey we travel first through public tranquility, then through public order and lastly to the security of the State.

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