if-the-government.md (780B)
1 --- 2 attributed: false 3 date: '1927' 4 draft: false 5 lang: 'en' 6 misattributed: false 7 tags: ['Anarchy', 'Contempt', 'Conscience', 'Destruction', 'Evidence', 'Failure', 'Injustice', 'Justice', 'Law', 'Legal responsibility', 'Liability', 'Morality', 'Moral responsibility', 'Power', 'Right'] 8 title: "If the Government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy." 9 unverified: false 10 --- 11 12 # *If the Government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.* 13 — Louis Brandeis, <cite>[Olmstead et al. v. United States page 48 of 51](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep277/usrep277438/usrep277438.pdf)</cite>.