Death Quote by Hilary Mantel

“But suppose it past,—suppose one of these men, as I have seen them meagre with famine, sullen with despair, careless of a life which…

— George Gordon Byron

“The lawyer is not worth in the calm times; his great role is when he must take the power of the despots, presenting before…

— Rui Barbosa

“A ruler who discerning justice refuseth to it the sanction of law, demanding abnegation of rights and self-sacrifice, will not drive his subjects to…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Like his son, he too was under a false presumption that he could get justice by the way of law in a country where…

— Anurag Shrivastava

“Who tarnishes, assaults, threatens, hates the spirit of man is guilty of crime.”

— Christina Stead

“Strange that men, from age to age, should consent to hold their lives at the breath of another, merely that each in his turn…

— William Godwin

“Society takes upon itself the right to inflict appalling punishment on the individual, but it also has the supreme vice of shallowness, and fails…

— Oscar Wilde

“Talking to Robespierre, one tried to make the right noises; but what is right, these days? Address yourself to the militant, and you find…

— Hilary Mantel

“Ask Robespierre. Ask the man with the conscience which is more important, your friend or your country— ask him how he weighs an individual…

— Hilary Mantel

“for what justice is there in this: that a nobleman, a goldsmith, a banker, or any other man, that either does nothing at all,…

— Thomas More

“This man, although he may not have actually committed the crime attributed to him, is nevertheless morally culpable, because he is the enemy of…

— Judge Webster Thayer