Another point that King addresses is the need to break laws. He is the first to admit that there is a legal and moral responsibility to obey laws, “just” laws. King says, "one who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty” (518). He adds “that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law” (518). Through these statements, King is conceding that he knows a law was broken, the reason he was arrested, and that he...