Parker
2012-01-06 19:02:43
“Are we a nation of laws?” Not since yesterday.
We ceased to be a nation of laws under Lincoln. Steadily, administration after administration we have watched the concept of the rule of law shift like sand under our feet to the rule of men.
Sir Thomas More: “And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned ’round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man’s laws, not God’s! And if you cut them down, and you’re just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake! “
