In secret, behind locked gates, our Nation's Oldest City dumped a landfill in a lake (Old City Reservoir), while emitting sewage in our rivers and salt marsh. Organized citizens exposed and defeated pollution, racism and cronyism. We elected a new Mayor. We're transforming our City -- advanced citizenship. Ask questions. Make disclosures. Demand answers. Be involved. Expect democracy. Report and expose corruption. Smile! Help enact a St. Augustine National Park and Seashore. We shall overcome!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
In the words of our City's patron saint, Saint Augustin of Hippo, "An unjust law is no law at all."
The patron saint of our Nation's Oldest European-founded City, Saint Augustine of Hippo, wrote that "an unjust law is no law at all. Rulers who enact unjust laws are wicked and unlawful authorities. In The City of God, Saint Augustine explains that a civil authority that has no regard for justice cannot be distinguished from a band of robbers. "Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms?"
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