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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape. – Thomas Jefferson

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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. – Thomas Jefferson

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It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer. – William Blackstone

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Guilt alone, like brain-sick frenzy in its feverish mood, fills the light air with visionary terrors, and shapeless forms of fear. – Junius

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The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen. He will become a compulsive wrong-doer. – Albert Ellis

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