What is the origin / original speaker of this quote : "If you dont like our laws, then leave our country."?

Sorry: I couldn’t find it either in Google or Cicero’s famous quotes. But I did find this:

Anyone who has got a book collection and a garden wants for nothing.
Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC)

Sounds like someone ignorant said that. People don’t have to like everything about a country to stay here. Some are just, some are unjust. It’s life!

Some conservative guy on the internet?

I think the actual slogan was “Love it or Leave it” ..... from the 70’s anti-Vietnam War backlash….......

always thought that quote was a little absurd, there are laws in virtually every country that are obviously ridiculous, and even if there weren’t, There’d be nothing wrong with me disliking the laws against public kitten strangulation, and I’d have a right to pursue a change of regulation regarding the subject by means of public protest, vocally or in print, and legal action if required.

If you can not criticize everything, eventually, you will criticize nothing.

^hey “6666” O.o

It’s in the “With us or against us” section. Not very bright. Probably not Cicero.

Uhm. You know, there were some folks a while back who did just that. They didn’t like the laws of their country, so they left. They founded a new country, where people could be more free and have more decisions over the laws that governed them. Of course, this was a long time ago. Late 18th century. . . .

@ABoyNamedBoobs03 I don’t think the quote is meant to be taken literally after all, no one can control your thoughts and what you like or dislike. I think it’s a way of saying, whether you like them or not you should abide by the laws and if you can’t do that then get the hell out. If that’s the case then I would have to agree with that. There are plenty of laws that I don’t completely agree with but, to the best of my ability, I am a law abiding citizen at home and abroad.

@gilgamesh In response to your original question. I don’t know!

@Leanne1986 i think within reason, yes one should abide by a law even if they disagree. I think the US needs an autoban, but I try not to go 90 in a 30…, but in matters of greater importance, such as civil rights or matters of free press, etc etc etc, and there’s been plenty of poor laws in both instances it’s actually important to show your protest by not abiding by them, it was potentially illegal to protest in the manner CBS did during the McCarthy Era, but they did anyway, because it needed to be done for the american people.

I don’t know, maybe I’m taking the saying a little too close to heart, but no matter which way I cut it I just can’t find a way in which I like it.

During the Vietnam war, many young Americans moved to Canada (both temporarily and permanently) to avoid being drafted. The slogan was heard and read everywhere amd generated by the groups who disliked the young, often hippie, protesters.

@ABoyNamedBoobs03 Fair enough. I agree with you to a certain extent that sometimes the people need to stand up against stupid rules.