In fact, why do we have laws if the government can simply break them?
Governments don't break the law - they just change it.
"How the government broke treaties and took away their land."
How is a government breaking the laws of the land good for democracy?
Would the Government break its promise to pay unemployment benefits?
As the government broke into several factions the issue had become how to carry out a transfer of power.
"The Government has broken virtually every agreement it signed," he said.
"Now, because of the federal government's inaction, the local government is breaking the law."
Strong government and economic prosperity can break the chain of violence.
Thus, by 1964, the government had essentially broken the activist movements.