Subdeacon Joe Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 http://m.nationalreview.com/article/394224/law-not-optional-thomas-sowell Every society has orders and rules, but not every society has the rule of law — “a government of laws and not of men.” Nor was it easy to achieve even an approximation of the rule of law. It took centuries of struggle — and lives risked and sacrificed — to achieve it in those countries that have some approximation of it today. To just throw all of that overboard because of mobs, the media, or racial demagoguery is staggering. A generation that jumps to conclusions on the basis of its own emotions, or succumbs to the passions or rhetoric of others, deserves to lose the freedom that depends on the rule of law. Unfortunately, what they say and what they do can lose everyone’s freedom, including the freedom of generations yet unborn. If grand juries are supposed to vote on the basis of what mobs want, instead of on the basis of the evidence that they see — and that the mob doesn’t even want to see — then we forfeit the rule of law and our freedom that depends on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I can't argue with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Doggle Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Spot on. Agree 100% with it. And, so should the idiot members of Congress who walked out to do their little "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" chant the other day. You either believe in the law......or you don't. CBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Thanks for posting. MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Thomas Sowell. A brilliant mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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