TYRANNY WITH A NEEDLE
TYRANNY WITH A NEEDLE Kelleigh Nelson A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties 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 a 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 ends to the means. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to J.B. Colvin, September 20, 1780 If the freedom of speech…
