Read the following paragraph, and answer the question. Of all the attributes essential to a respected man or woman or to a respected nation, the predominant characteristic is self-discipline. Laws cannot be made compelling people to suppress thelr desire for power or position. No method of legislating such wisdom exists. As free people, we must face a choice between two types of discipline. One is the self-discipline that is still open to us-the kind which free people and free nations exercise when they select the executives, lawmakers, and Judges who will govern them and assure their protection and well-being. The second is a cold blooded, ill-Intentioned, godless form of discipline that may be thrust upon us by strangers-the discipline of force, terrorism, suspicion, and intimidation-the discipline used in China and the former Soviet Republic.

Does every sentence in some way support the thesis?
a. yes
b. no