I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tel

I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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