It's a law of our natures, especially when the political fit is on us, to applaud where we already approve, and deride where we don't.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do.
I don't think it is ever enough for a governing majority to simply be opposed to things. We have to be for things.
As humans, we're so easily persuaded. We join this cause or that cause, and suddenly the other thing is wrong.
It is possible for political forces to agree.
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.
It's one of the most basic laws of human nature, isn't it? The more we are denied something, the more we want it. The more silence given to this or that topic, the more power.
We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.
How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!
You have to accept the rule of law, even when it's inconvenient, if you're going to be a country that bides by the rule of law.