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What does the Law Mean to these Famous People and Should we follow the law all the time? What Does the Law Mean to You? 0 "The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that canno ." -Mark Twain o "The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech." a -Justice Anthony Kennedy a "With the rst link, a chain is forged. The rst speech censured, the rst thought forbidden, the rst freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.'I Star Trek the Next Generation : \"The Drumhead\" a -Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Aristotle: l'citizens of a state will do justice to one another.\" Plato: law is a form of social control. Blackstone: I'rule of civil conduct prescribed by state.\" At a minimum law consists of: o Enforceable rules governing relationships, 9 Among and between individuals and 9 Their society. a Different {cultures} views of law have one thing in common: a Duties, rights, and privileges that are consistent with the values and traditions of that culture. 9 MY QUESTION IS THIS If you think everybody should follow all the lawls) all the time, what do you think of this quote from Nazi Germany where the law itself said it was OK to discriminate? o a "First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.\" -Pastor Martin Niemoller