law-supporting

Updated: May 3, 2025

To settle the land question is to settle everything. Religious animosity would be silenced by self-interest. The operation of the Land Purchase Act has undoubtedly done much to turn the people using its provisions into good Conservatives law-abiding and law-supporting, as having a stake in the country.

Robert John Buckley - Ireland as It Is: And as It Would be Under Home Rule

Jeffrey Whiting did not deceive himself. Probably he had not from the beginning had any doubt as to what would be the outcome of this raid upon the railroad. The railroad itself had broken the law of the State and the law of humanity. It had defied every principle of justice and common decency. It had burned the homes of law-supporting, good men in the hills.

Richard Aumerle Maher - The Shepherd of the North

Any one of the twelve subjects of legislation cited on page 177 may be taken as a special topic. Consult any modern history of England. Which do you regard as the more important possession for the citizen, an acquaintance with the principles and details of government and law, or a law-abiding and law-supporting spirit? What reasons have you for your opinion?

John Fiske - Civil Government in the United States Considered with: Some Reference to Its Origins