"Decency, security and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same (page #480) rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that, in the administration of the criminal law, the end justifies the means… would bring terrible retribution. Against that pernicious doctrine this Court should resolutely set its face." --Miranda vs. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966) (USSC+)
Quoting: Sartre 69596938
Thanks to Sartre for the quote!
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