I have no idea since I did not live at that time...
Hypotheticals can be asked and answered in various ways. Unless it is a real situation that you are in, you can’t actually answer to what you would do...You can answer as to what you think you might do, but you really don’t know until it happens...
Are you saying you might violate your own edict that “You must follow the law”?
If you have a solid foundation of real principle in your life, instead of a wishy-washy whatever approach, yes, you can say what you are required to do by your foundational principles.
Of course, if you don't have any... you could do anything and rationalize it later.
/johnny