Self-Control and Respect for Law..-"What is
of importance, and of tremendous importance, is whether in a long-settled
and presumably civilized community there dwell that self-control and respect
for law without which a republic can not endure. This is not fine-spun
theorizing, but simple fact. An alarming growth of the lawless spirit
is to be observed among people who commonly pass for good citizens. The
poison is working at the vitals of the American state. If we are going
to make liquor laws and then abuse our officials for enforcing them; if
we are going to prescribe penalties for crime and then in outbursts of
fury to attack our own jails and behave like Zulu wa
Self-Control and Respect for Law..-"What is
of importance, and of tremendous importance, is whether in a long-settled
and presumably civilized community there dwell that self-control and respect
for law without which a republic can not endure. This is not fine-spun
theorizing, but simple fact. An alarming growth of the lawless spirit
is to be observed among people who commonly pass for good citizens. The
poison is working at the vitals of the American state. If we are going
to make liquor laws and then abuse our officials for enforcing them; if
we are going to prescribe penalties for crime and then in outbursts of
fury to attack our own jails and behave like Zulu wa
