Philip K. Dick Quote

But what are you supposed to do in a society that's corrupt? Are you supposed to obey corrupt laws? Is it a crime to break a law that's a rotten law, or an oath that's rotten?
It's a crime, Cartwright admitted slowly. But it may be the right thing to do.
In a society of criminals, Shaeffer offered, the innocent man goes to jail.
Who decides when the society is made up of criminals? Benteley demanded. How do you know when your society has gone wrong? How do you know when it's right to stop obeying the laws?
You just know, Rita O'Neill said fiercely.

Chapter 14 (pp. 156-157) - Solar Lottery (1955)

But what are you supposed to do in a society that's corrupt? Are you supposed to obey corrupt laws? Is it a crime to break a law that's a rotten law, ...

But what are you supposed to do in a society that's corrupt? Are you supposed to obey corrupt laws? Is it a crime to break a law that's a rotten law, ...

But what are you supposed to do in a society that's corrupt? Are you supposed to obey corrupt laws? Is it a crime to break a law that's a rotten law, ...

But what are you supposed to do in a society that's corrupt? Are you supposed to obey corrupt laws? Is it a crime to break a law that's a rotten law, ...