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The Motives for Law Enforcement

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 1888

FromThe American Sentinel, Vol. 3, No. 1.

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The Motives for Law Enforcement

A good many people imagine that they love law and order, when they do not. It is a fact that many, indeed the great majority of men, are perfectly indifferent as to whether or not the laws are enforced, so long as they themselves do not suffer by their violation. Laws are enforced in this country principally from selfish motives, and not from a love of justice. There is not an abhorrence of evil because it is evil. Men will make an outcry against a crime which involves their interest, and will excuse the same if they are in no way concerned.