Quotes by Innocent Man Your mother all but accused me of something that is, among my kind, the highest crime a man can commit. There is no trial, only punishment, because it is considered better to let an innocent man die than let a guilty one live." (Page 79.) Amelia Atwater-Rhodes innocent-man mother men There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for me to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed or enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Ayn Rand innocent-man law men It is better to let 100 criminals go free than to imprison 1 innocent man. Benjamin Franklin innocent-man criminals men Circumstances may accumulate so strongly even against an innocent man, that directed, sharpened, and pointed, they may slay him. Charles Dickens innocent-man words-of-wisdom men Court games aren't fair. They don't judge men by their worth, and they aren't about what's just. Guilty men can hold power their whole lives and be wept for when they pass. Innocent men can be spent like coins because it's convenient. You don't have to have sinned for them to ruin you. If your destruction is useful to them, you'll be destroyed. Daniel Abraham innocent-man games men Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children. Donald Rumsfeld innocent-man men children It's easier to keep your stuff then it is to expose it, because some people don't get it. At the cross, at the feet of Jesus, there were some people who said, "Good! I'm glad that you're dead." Then there were some that were crying and saying, "Why are you doing this to this innocent man?" It is not easy to do. Fred Hammond innocent-man men jesus If you hung him for being a good singer, you'd be hanging an innocent man! Gorilla Monsoon innocent-man men wrestling I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent man found guilty. Ian McShane innocent-man men thinking I have ever had the single aim of justice in view. No judge who is influenced by any other consideration is fit for the bench. 'Do equal and exact justice,' is my motto, and I have often said to the grand jury, 'Permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty man escape. Isaac Parker innocent-man views men I must admit, Peter, I have difficulty in understanding why an innocent man would want to spend twelve years as a rat. J. K. Rowling innocent-man men years A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob; an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen. Jean de la Bruyere innocent-man example men The cross, as poignant as it is, is understandable from a human perspective: an innocent man was murdered by crooked politicians and religious leaders. But the empty tomb-- what can you say? Only a supernatural God could accomplish that. Jim Cymbala innocent-man religious men No one doubts that innocent men, women and children have been the victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. And there's no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons in Syria: the Syrian regime. Joe Biden innocent-man men children Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it's a life of mental torture that the human spirit is not equipped to survive. John Grisham innocent-man serial-killer men Government mitigates the inequality of power, and makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow-subjects. Joseph Addison innocent-man inequality men Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. Kin Hubbard innocent-man inspiration men Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires. Khalil Gibran innocent-man compassion men Even without love, I can live fine alone. It's not like I've always had what I wanted. In my life not even once... I was never selfish nor full of greed. The things I want to do, the things I want, the things I wish for... have I ever even had any of those, for at least once in my whole life? I can live fine without love. I will find a way to survive. Dying is hell. Why is living supposed to be hell? Ma-Roo innocent-man selfish greed Self-sacrifice of one innocent man is a million times more potent than the sacrifice of a million men who die in the act of killing others. Mahatma Gandhi innocent-man sacrifice men 12»
