You must see the persons who are in charge - persons you can punish or vote for.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and to execute an individual.
Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished.
An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings.
It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a crook.
The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.
You have to have people who prick the consciences of the nation.
At the risk of sounding really corny now, I'm a career prosecutor. I've been doing this for a very long time. And I believe in holding people responsible when they violate the law. But our sole responsibility is to seek justice. And sometimes that means a very lengthy sentence for people who are dangerous and from which society must be protected.
When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.
If you're going to give people authority and hold them responsible and ultimately accountable for their performance, you've got to get out of the way.
You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.