Adulthood Quote by G K Chesterton

For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.

— Anonymous

Children are wickeder than adults, they have no sense of restraint.

— Gregory Maguire

Adults are just children sometimes. But evil, hurt children.

— Juliette Lewis

And really, there is nothing more innocent and cruel than a child.

— Jet Black

Children are not only innocent and curious but also optimistic and joyful and essentially happy. They are, in short, everything adults wish they could…

— Carolyn Haywood

Children are the only innocent people in this world, they are the victims of our actions.

— Mahmoud El Hallab

I thought children were pure and innocent, and that was inherently better.

— Mara Wilson

To the children and the innocent it's all the same.

— Jack Kerouac

Something in the heart of most human beings simply cannot abide pain inflicted on the innocent, especially children. Even broken men serving in the…

— William P. Young

Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their…

— Maria Montessori

In America, children are innocent until proven marketable-to.

— Anonymous

Justice for all children is the high ideal in a democracy.

— Grace Abbott