" You mean the guy who punched out the County Commissioner last year? I wrote an article on that. They tried to make him mow his lawn, because it violated some county beautification ordinance, or something like that. I asked him why he did it and he just grunted and said. ‘I was obliged to’. I have no idea what he meant by that so I just quoted him.” The old man smiled softly and nodded his head. “That’s right. He was obliged to. In his simple, down-to-earth way of looking at things, you don’t tread on other people’s rights. You don’t tell people what to do with their own property. And if you do, then you need a good whoopin’!” Hank busted out laughing. “I can’t believe a Pulitzer Prize winner just said ‘whoopin’! "

― Skip Coryell , We Hold These Truths