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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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. – Thomas Jefferson

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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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For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt. – Lillian Hellman

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The guilty think all talk is of themselves. – Chaucer

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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

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