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The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law.
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Our whole system of self-government will crumble either if officials elect what laws they will enforce or citizens elect what laws they will support.
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Surely civilization is old enough, surely mankind is mature enough so that we ought in our own lifetime to find a way to permanent peace.
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There is no short road to the realization of these aspirations.
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The animosities of elections should have no place in our Government, for government must concern itself alone with the common weal.
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If citizens do not like a law, their duty as honest men and women is to discourage its violation; their right is openly to work for its repeal.