“For no People will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when Knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauchd in their Manners, they will sink under their own Weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders.” - Samuel AdamsNote that neither Adams nor any other Founding Father ever said that laws against debauchery could make people non-debauched.
9 posted on
05/13/2021 7:00:47 AM PDT by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
I agree - but neither should government promote debauchery.To refrain from imposing legal penalty is not to "promote."
36 posted on
05/13/2021 7:26:03 AM PDT by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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