I think the most important idea is to remember that there have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law.
I do think that Magna Carta and international law are worth paying some attention to.
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.
I know how to take good ideas and turn them into sensible law at great odds.
The law doesn't create a right.
Some laws are wrong, and we have an obligation to speak out against those laws wherever they are.
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
In America, we have long stood by the principle that the protections of the law are not meant just for some.
Write what you think is good, is the whole of the law.
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.