Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.


Civil Law and the Sabbath sermon (3 December 1882)

Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it....

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it....

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it....

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it....