"'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death."

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"'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death."

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"Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands."

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"Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear."

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