The people should fight for their law as if defending the city's wall.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People should defend their laws with the same dedication they would protect a city's walls.
- In plain terms
- Defend your laws as fiercely as you would protect a city.
- What can you take from it?
- Treat legal defense as a vital, collective responsibility.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can individuals feel more connected to the laws that govern them?
- What symbols can motivate collective legal stewardship?
Another view
Not everyone feels a personal stake in abstract laws.
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