Margaret Mead Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society."

by:	Margaret Mead (1901-1978) American cultural anthropologist and author
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Categories:	Crime, Law, Morals, Society, America
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A deficiency of humanity ? -- Bob L., Charlotte, VT
Seems to me that TODAY the contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the top down. -- David Cooper, Mannington, NJ
-- David Cooper, Mannington, NJ
I agree with David...... -- Robert, St. Emilion, France
Ok, What law, human consequences and what lawbreaking is specifically being referenced. Not really enough here to rate. There seems to be a general contempt for nature's law (with its individual sovereignty, inalienable rights and liberty). Such contempt is from the bottom up WHILE, it is taught, encouraged and enforced from the top down. -- Mike, Norwalk
It's not possible to observe the criminals expressing any disagreement with the laws that clearly favor them. It the law-abiding naturalist that express disagreement with the laws that clearly promote the "evil empire." -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown
Correction: It's not possible to observe the criminals expressing any disagreement with the laws that clearly favor them. It is the law-abiding naturalist that express disagreement with the laws that clearly promote the "evil empire." -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown