They must not be carried to the point of refusing obedience to the law.

When private interests are injured by the national policy, the protestants must be able to show either that such injuries are unnecessary, or else they involve harm to an essential public interest.

All such protest must find an ultimate sanction in a group of constructive democratic ideas.

Finally, the protest must never be made the excuse for personal injustice or national disloyalty.

Even if the national policy should betray indifference to the fundamental interests of a democratic nation, as did that of the United States from 1820 to 1860, the obligation of patient good faith on the part of the protestants is not diminished.