thought of the day...

[inkie]

I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)

Comments

[lazarus7]

"Laws are only words written on paper, words that change on society's whim and are interpreted differently daily by politicians, lawyers, judges, and policemen. Anyone who believes that all laws should always be obeyed would have made a fine slave catcher. Anyone who believes that all laws are applied equally, despite race, religion, or economic status, is a fool."
~John J. Miller, And Hope to Die

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Of course, these are words which anarchists and extremists use with equal fervor.

[realtsunamigirl]

Amen sister.

[gwynnebear]

My mom had fun quoting the social responsabilty IRPs

[inkie]

Omg, I hadn't even thought of that one, how deliciously ironic :)