Quotes on Strict Laws

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.

I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.