IcanturnandtwistasIwill，itisnotaquestionofthefacts。Myexistenceisundersuspicion，myinnermostbeing，myindividuality，isconsideredbad，anditisforthisopinionofmethatIampunished。ThelawpunishesmenotforanywrongIcommit，butforthewrongIdonotcommit。Iamreallybeingpunishedbecausemyactionisnotagainstthelaw，foronlybecauseofthatdoIcompelthelenient，well—meaningjudgetoseizeonmybadframeofmind，whichiscleverenoughnottocomeoutintheopen。
Thelawagainstaframeofmindisnotalawofthestatepromulgatedforitscitizens，butthelawofonepartyagainstanotherparty。Thelawwhichpunishestendencyabolishestheequalityofthecitizensbeforethelaw。Itisalawwhichdivides，notonewhichunites，andalllawswhichdividearereactionary。Itisnotalaw，butaprivilege。
Onemaydowhatanothermaynotdo，notbecausethelatterlackssomeobjectivequality，likeaminorinregardtoconcludingcontracts；no，becausehisgoodintentionsandhisframeofmindareundersuspicion。Themoralstateassumesitsmemberstohavetheframeofmindofthestate，eveniftheyactinoppositiontoanorganofthestate，againstthegovernment。Butinasocietyinwhichoneorganimaginesitselfthesole，exclusivepossessorofstatereasonandstatemorality，inagovernmentwhichopposesthepeopleinprincipleandhenceregardsitsanti—stateframeofmindasthegeneral，normalframeofmind，thebadconscienceofafactioninventslawsagainsttendency，lawsofrevenge，lawsagainstaframeofmindwhichhasitsseatonlyinthegovernmentmembersthemselves。Lawsagainstframeofmindarebasedonanunprincipledframeofmindonanimmoral，materialviewofthestate。
Theyaretheinvoluntarycryofabadconscience。Andhowisalawofthiskindtobeimplemented？Byameansmorerevoltingthanthelawitself：
byspies，orbypreviousagreementtoregardentireliterarytrendsassuspicious，inwhichcase，ofcourse，thetrendtowhichanindividualbelongsmustalsobeinquiredinto。Justasinthelawagainsttendencythelegalformcontradictsthecontent，justasthegovernmentwhichissuesitlashesoutagainstwhatitisitself，againsttheanti—stateframeofmind，soalsoineachparticularcaseitformsasitwerethereverseworldtoitslaws，foritappliesadoublemeasuring—rod。