Show I Disrespect for Law Unwillingness Law Unwillingness to Abide by the Laws of the Land LandBy By SENATOR I I. L. L LENROOT of Wisconsin If this great republic of ours in which civilization has found ita its highest expression shall some day fall and occupy only a a. page in history like the ancient republics of Greece and Rome it will be because of disrespect disrespect disrespect dis dis- respect for laws indifference to the fundamental rights of liberty and through such indifference failure to enact and enforce laws without which t there ere can be neither liberty nor security for our people Today our great greatest t national problem is not foreign entanglements J nor the tariff not tran transportation or other problems which we deem important but it is disrespect for law unwillingness law unwillingness to abide by the laws of the land Some men try to justify this disrespect for law upon the tIle plea that the laws are arc unjust But to permit every man to decide for himself whether a ar r law is just or not and not be bo bound by it if he believes it itI unjust spells spens anarchy and ruin There must be implanted in the hearts of the men and women of or America the determination tion that the laws must be obeyed an the man who excuses or makes light of violation of law is himself guilty The deliberate violator of law is an enemy of the republic and is not worthy of citizenship in it |