Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion. We believe that from ethics, enlightened self-interest, and the commonweal, our governance will emerge.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions.
If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.
Law and order in our communities doesn't arise spontaneously.
We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.
We're all functions of our societies, right? And we all become who we are because of the invisible forces that mold us.
We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably.
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.