First place Quote by Ken Follett

“He needs guilty men. So he has found men who are guilty. Though perhaps not guilty as charged.”

— Hilary Mantel

“You can put a man on trial, but you can't make the guilty pay.”

— Shinedown

“In retrospect, though many were guilty, none was innocent.”

— A.J.P. Taylor

“If you throw an innocent man in prison, he'll start to doubt that he's indeed innocent.”

— Luca Rossi

“When a man admits guilt we have to believe him. We cannot set ourselves to proving to him that he is wrong. Otherwise the…

— Hilary Mantel

“Masses of men will almost feel that a certain amount of injustice ought to be inflicted on their betters, so as to make things…

— Anthony Trollope

“Can anyone be proved innocent, if it be enough to have accused him?”

— Julian the Apostate

“It was easier to kill guilty men than sell innocent women”

— C.J. Roberts

“You must put no man on trial before anything that is called a court… under forms of judicial proceeding, if you are not willing…

— Ann Tusa

Whether a man is guilty or innocent, we have to find that out by due process of law.

— Andy Griffith

“I am innocent! But only because the opportunity to partake in an activity that would render me guilty has not presented itself.”

— Jarod Kintz

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.

— Livy