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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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An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. – Thomas Jefferson

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I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. – Thomas Jefferson

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Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion. – Horace

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He who flees judgment confesses his guilt. – Anon.

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Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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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