The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Good men must not obey the laws too well.
Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.
Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
Good morals lead to good laws.
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.
Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.
Bad men are full of repentance.
Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.