"I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law."
the author is mad and slightly annoyed at this person [who keeps breaking the law] and he [author] is saying that the rule breaker should respect the law.
Tone= mad, harsh, annoyed but a bit piteous at the same time.
