"Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means oftheir respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily madethe agents on injustice. A common and natural result of anundue respect for the law is, that you may see a file ofsoldiers, colonel, captain, corporal, privates, powder-monkeys, and all, marching in admirable order over hill anddale to the wars, against their wills, ay, against theircommon sense and consciences, which makes it verysteep marching indeed, and produces a palpitation of theheart. They have no doubt that it is a damnable business inwhich they are concerned; they are all peaceably inclined.Now, what are they? Men at all? or small movable forts and magazines, at the service of some unscrupulous man in power?"

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