Lawful Compulsion

Famous quotes containing the words lawful and/or compulsion:

“Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?”
—Bible: New Testament, Mark 3:4.

Jesus.

“There’s an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything. When actions are judged, they go before the bar of God, where Mom and the Flag closely flank His presence.”
—Jonathan Raban (b. 1942)