Read this paragraph. 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 their 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 union. does every sentence following the first in some way support the theme? yes no