The Irish Government last night announced a package of measures it described as "draconian" as part of an unprecedented crackdown on dissident republicans.
-- "Draconian crackdown to help end the violence", Birmingham Post, August 20, 1998
In October 1996 Allen publicly admitted that his draconian cost-cutting campaign had had devastating effects on Delta's workforce.
-- Daniel Goleman, Working with Emotional Intelligence
The most straightforward solution would be a draconian crackdown on all unrest -- curfews, house-to-house searches, firing on armed rioters, mass internment, widespread use of capital punishment for terrorists, and so on.
-- John O'Sullivan, "Dangerous Restraint", National Review, April 6, 2004
