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> [Is it not possible that an individual may be right and a government wrong? Are laws to be enforced simply because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/is-it-not-possible-that-an-individual-may-be-right-and-a-government/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-robbins/just-because-someone-gets-arrested-doesn-t-mean-what-they-are-doing/)

[Tim Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-robbins/)

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> [If that form of government, that system of social order is not wrong - if those laws of the Southern States, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bacon/if-that-form-of-government-that-system-of-social-order-is-not-wrong/)

[Leonard Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bacon/)

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> [“Once it's no longer accepted that something is wrong, all the laws in the world will avail you naught. The law functions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/once-it-s-no-longer-accepted-that-something-is-wrong-all-the-laws-in/)

[Mark Steyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-steyn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/mark-steyn-1844_law_once-it-s-no-longer-accepted-that-someth_2404033.png)

> [Laws can be wrong and laws can be cruel. And the people who live only by the law are both wrong and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ardel-wray/laws-can-be-wrong-and-laws-can-be-cruel-and-the-people-who-live-only/)

[Ardel Wray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ardel-wray/)

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