"But later on the
Penal Laws changed all that, and turned the
Irish natural love of justice into hatred and distrust of law,
which in many ways continues to manifest itself to this
day."
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hatred and distrust of lawby Brehon Sun Mar 16, 2008
22:51
It was the same at the most ancient period
as it was in the beginning of the seventeenth century, when
Sir John
Davies--an Englishman--the Irish attorney-general of
James
I., testified
:--"For there is
no nation of people under the sunne that doth love equall and indifferent [i.e.
impartial] justice better then the Irish; or will rest better satisfied with the
execution thereof, although it bee against themselves: so as they may have the
protection and benefit of the law, when uppon just cause they do desire
it." But later on the Penal Laws changed all that, and turned the Irish
natural love of justice into
hatred and
distrust of law, which in many ways continues to
manifest itself to this day.
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