Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God.
Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
A law is a law, and it has to be respected.
Some laws are wrong, and we have an obligation to speak out against those laws wherever they are.
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between commanding and obeying that characterizes the imperative.
We have a society now where obedience to the law is really a choice, an option only.
A law is not a law without coercion behind it.