Obedience to unenforceable <br />But good, authority can only prove <br />Whether a people shall be governable, <br />And forward thus together they can move. <br />Without self discipline no person should <br />Expect all those in sight, or not with him, <br />To so conduct themselves as he then would, <br />Were he himself so honest and so prim. <br />Those who now long for laws to be obeyed <br />Should first examine conduct of their own. <br />Then only when attention has been paid <br />May they then build on that true cornerstone. <br /> <br />Our Judge in all things only knows if we <br />Have answered truly to this question, see?<br /><br />Eric Bult<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/self-government/
