Logo
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

Other quotes by Thomas Jefferson

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. – Thomas Jefferson

Category:
Government
Author
Thomas Jefferson
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Guilt
category

He who is present at a wrongdoing and does not lift a hand to prevent it, is as guilty as the wrongdoers. – American Indian Proverb

Category:
Guilt

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is not greater disaster than greed. – Lao-Tzu

Category:
Guilt

If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness. – Victor Hugo

Category:
Guilt

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

Category:
Guilt

Random Quotes

You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that its not a natural drive – its born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood. – Gabrielle Union

Category:
Failure

I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. – Adlai Stevenson

Category:
Truth

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. – Douglas Adams

Category:
Humanity

What is the use of a house if you havent got a tolerable planet to put it on? – Henry David Thoreau

Category:
Society