One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws.…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that ' an unjust law is no law at all. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). Why We Can't Wait, p.60, Beacon Press
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