Framing Mischief by Law
"A state which should rely upon force alone would soon fall, for though men are naturally gullible they are also naturally obstinate, and power, like taxes, succeeds best when it is invisible and indirect. Hence the state, in order to maintain itself, used and forged many instruments of indoctrination--the family, the church, the school--to build in the soul of the citizen a habit of patriotic loyalty and pride. This saved a thousand policemen, and prepared the public mind for that docile coherence which is indispensable to war. Above all, the ruling minority sought more and more to TRANSFORM ITS FORCIBLE MASTERTY INTO A BODY OF LAW which, while consolidating that mastery, would afford a welcome security and order to the people, and would recognize the rights of the 'subject' sufficiently to win his acceptance of the law and his adherence to the state." ~ Will Durant, The Story of Civilization, Vol. I: Our Oriental Heritage, p.25"The psalmist asks, 'Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship thee, WHICH FRAMETH MISCHIEF BY LAW?' (Ps. 94:20)...The humanistic state constantly expands its power, because its goal, and the goal of its citizenry is to be as God, determining their own laws, lives, and morality (Gen. 3:5). Because it is not God, the humanistic state has a problem, never having enough power to play god as it hopes to do. As a result, by an ever expanding body of law, the humanistic state strives for the total power that is its dream." ~ R.J. Rushdoony, Institutes of Biblical Law, Vol. III, p.49
