Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair. — Thomas Hobbes. English philosopher and political theorist (1588–1679) Hope
How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.
All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called "Facts". They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain.