And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.
And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.
I derive no pleasure from prosecuting a man, even though I know he’s guilty; do you think I could sleep at night or look at myself in the mirror in the morning if I hounded an innocent man?
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?
I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice… I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.
There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill.
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