More random Dhammapada

One is one's own guardian. What other guardian could one have? With oneself well disciplined one obtains a rare guardian indeed.
I guess OJ Simpson, Scooter Libby, all subscribe to this. Why acknowledge the right of the state as a moral arbiter when one is ones own guardian.

This is from a chapter titled Self. Make your own judgement about right and wrong, and then stick to your principles and, better still, teach them.