Great saying by great authors Quote by Abraham Lincoln
“The case of Andrews is really a very bad one, as appears by the record already before me. Yet before receiving this I hadordered his punishment commuted to imprisonment... and had so telegraphed. I did this, not on any merit in the case, but because I am trying to evade the butcheringbusiness lately.”
![“Imprisonment is the form of punishment which may detrimentally affect not only the offender but also his family and his employment and because of its duration it can seldom be kept from becoming general public knowledge. It [...] can have a lasting demoralising effect on the character and…” quote by P.W. Thirion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/85a/p-w-thirion-129374_crime_imprisonment-is-the-form-of-punishment-w_2946183.jpg)
![“I was just really appalled, and I really kept quiet until I saw the governor [Rick Perry] get on and repeat the same words that the prosecution had used in the penalty phase: that he [Todd Willingham] was a monster. And that got me to get on to the computer and connect with some of the media and…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/45a/elizabeth-gilbert-131_caring_i-was-just-really-appalled-and-i-really_3201356.jpg)
![“Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?], any man might instantly use what another had invented; so that the inventor had no special advantage from his own invention. The patent system changed this…” quote by Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/449/abraham-lincoln-88_adoption_next-came-the-patent-laws-these-began-in_1828.jpg)
