“Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that in the administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means - to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal - would bring terrible retributions.” PeopleIfsMenMayMeanEndsWholeGovernmentLawOrderLibertyTeachTeacherCrimeExampleTerribleIllConvictionCriminalsEvery ManCommitSecureAdministrationJustifyAnarchyContemptInvitesContagiousRetributionLiberty And JusticeCriminal LawEnds Justify The MeansConflicting Opinions Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“Any nation or government that deprives an individual of freedom is in that moment committing an act of moral and spiritual murder. Any individual who is not concerned about his freedom commits an act of moral and spiritual suicide.” MomentsGovernmentSpiritualIndividualNationsMoralConcernedMurderSuicideCommitThat MomentDepriving Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Governments always commit their entire populations when the demands grow heavy enough. By their passive acceptance, these populations become accessories to whatever is done in their name.” DoneEnoughGovernmentNamesGrowsAcceptanceDemandPopulationHeavyCommitPassiveAccessories Author:Frank Herbert
“The US, for historical reasons, mistrusts the concept of a welfare state, and this mistrust shows itself nakedly under present US government, which commits uncounted billions of the national wealth to what it calls defence, and is close-fisted in giving money to plans which would ameliorate the grinding poverty of a great part of its people. Quite simply, in Canada you could not get away with that.” PeopleGivingStatesReasonShowsGovernmentWealthPovertyPlansConceptsHistoricalBillionsCommitWelfareCanadaGet AwayDefenceMistrustWelfare StateGiving Money Book:The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books Source: The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books
“I'd like to have every gentleman and lady in this room commit themselves to get our government to legalize drugs. So they have to get it through a doctor, not just some gangsters who sell it under the table. Let's legalize drugs like they did in Amsterdam. No one's hiding or sneaking around corners to get it. They go to a doctor to get it.” GovernmentRoomsDrugDoctorsTablesSellsCornersCommitGentlemanHidingGangstersAround The CornerAmsterdamSneaking Around Author:Tony Bennett