The sanctity of law can be maintained only so long as it is the expression of the will of the people.
Interpretation
The law holds meaning and authority only when it reflects the desires and needs of the citizens.
Bhagat Singh's quote emphasizes the importance of the law as a representation of the collective will of the people. It suggests that laws should not be arbitrary or imposed from above, but rather be a direct expression of the public's values and aspirations to ensure their legitimacy and moral authority. This highlights the relationship between governance and societal consent, where the law is only sacred if it is guided by the will of the people it serves.
In practice
In a speech advocating for democratic reforms, you might say this quote to emphasize the need for laws that represent the people.
One should not interpret the word βRevolutionβ in its literal sense. Various meanings and significances are attributed to this word, according to the interests of those who use or misuse it. For the established agencies of exploitation it conjures up a feeling of blood stained horror. To the revolutionaries it is a sacred phrase.
Non-violence is backed by the theory of soul-force in which suffering is courted in the hope of ultimately winning over the opponent. But what happens when such an attempt fail to achieve the object? It is here that soul-force has to be combined with physical force so as not to remain at the mercy of tyrannical and ruthless enemy.
Those revolutionaries who have, by chance, escaped the gallows should live and show to the world that they cannot only embrace gallows for the ideal but also bear the worst type of tortures in the dark, dingy prison cells.
Love always elevates the character of man. It never lowers him, provided love be love
A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.
They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit.
Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.
The root of almost every schism and heresy from which the Christian Church has suffered, has been because of the effort of men to earn, rather than receive their salvation; and the reason preaching is so commonly ineffective is, that it often calls on people to work for God rather than letting God work through them.
A bigot is a person who makes an idol of his commitments.
Eventually I saw that the path of the heart requires a full gesture, a degree of abandon that can be terrifying. Only then is it possible to achieve a sparkling metamorphosis.
An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them; a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours.
But there are no loners. No man lives in a void. His every act is conditioned by his time and his society.
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