The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
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.
If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.
Government ought to make it easy for people to do the right thing.
Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.
Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.
The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.
The law doesn't create a right.