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Show Guest Editorial by J. Edgar Hoover Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation i Liberty, it has been said, is the right to do what the laws allow. Liberty is not, as some present-day protesters seem to think, the right to overrun the rights of others, and, the law does not allow it. The sentiment appears to be growing among some people that a person has the right to break' the law if he is motivated by so-called political or moral issues. Further, some groups insist on the privilege of violating the rights of others while expressing ex-pressing their dissent in such wild schemes as trying to "shut down the Government." They are visionary ? rich and judgment poor. ' Indeed, with respect to the .Mayday demonstrations demonstra-tions in the Nati6n's capital, the most neutral and objective observers must have felt the same influential influen-tial components of jour society, judging from their reactions, re-actions, were sympathetic to the rebelling hordes who vowed "to bring ;the Government to a halt." As elementary as it may seem, commonsense and public morality are necessary parts of liberty under the law. In the recent past, we have seen some ridiculous ridic-ulous incidents in the name of rights, liberty, and freedom which were completely devoid of common-sense common-sense and morality. In fact, many such events were staged as if to perpetuate degradation and depravity rather than anything so uplifting and noble no-ble as rights and freedoms. Also, to my mind, we are right to question the sincerity of petitioners, regardless re-gardless of their cause, who haul down the Nation's flag and destroy and burn government property. : Citizens taking to the streets to air their grievances griev-ances should remember that they are exercising a most cherished right under the system of law. Their presence, however restrained and controlled, creates cre-ates some degree of inconvenience and hardship for others, not to mention the costs involved which must be borne by the local and federal governments. These conditions are understandable. However, when dem-j onstrators deliberately defy authority and violate rights of others, let them know that the same system sys-tem of law which willingly .grants the opportunity! to be heard will quickly arid effectively curb their 7 excesses. Liberty without law is a myth. |