Our government . . . teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
Source: From Charades, an internet collection of quotations
-- Louis Brandeis, (Nov 13 1856-1941), US supreme court justice; The People's Attorney was the first Jewish associate justice, 1916-1939; noted for his devotion to free speech.