Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A law is not a law without coercion behind it.
The law always limits every power it gives.
But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.
This demonstration of power, indifferent to the law, is highly dangerous.
Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear.
Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.
Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.
A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.
A law is a law, and it has to be respected.
Power's not what the Constitution was about.