„One half of the people of this Nation today are utterly powerless to blot from the statute books an unjust law, or to write a new and just one.“

— Susan B. Anthony

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„How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts the human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality. It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority.“
— Jr.
„One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.“
— Jr.
„Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book -and does“
— Groucho Marx
„One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.“
— Jr.
„One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.“
— Jr.