Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- When individuals enforce justice themselves, it undermines the legal system. If the legal system weakens, personal freedom suffers.
- In plain terms
- Taking law into your own hands hurts the law and eventually freedom.
- What can you take from it?
- Support legal systems to protect freedom.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What happens when the law is unjust?
- How do we balance order and freedom?
Another view
Sometimes legal systems fail to deliver justice quickly or fairly.
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