Your silence gives consent.
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.