The law is more praised when it is approved by reason.

Explanation

A law that can withstand the test of reason commands greater respect and more willing obedience than one that rests on bare authority alone.

Where this applies

• A law that makes logical sense gains more public support than one that seems arbitrary.
• People are more willing to obey laws they understand the reason for.

See also

• 1.5.7 The law always intends what is agreeable to reason.
• 1.5.20 Reason is the soul of law; when the reason of the law changes, the law itself changes.