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Till that is secured, any hindrance to the effort is bad citizenship--as bad as resistance to the police; as much worse, in fact, as its consequences may be more bloody and disastrous.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid argues that hindering efforts to restore order is akin to bad citizenship.
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