Dangerous Quote by Thomas Jefferson

No one will escape justice. It's a moral and judicial duty.

— Jovenel Moise

That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been long and…

— Benjamin Franklin

The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.

— Epicurus

If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to…

— Thomas Szasz

It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.

— William Blackstone

It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.

— William Blackstone

It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.

— Cesare Beccaria

We cannot lightly allow the perpetrator of a serious crime to go free simply because that person believed his actions were reasonable and necessary…

— Sol Wachtler

But the guilty person is only one of the targets of punishment. For punishment is directed above all at others, at all the potentially…

— Michel Foucault

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed.

— Ayn Rand

Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes.

— Karl Kraus

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for it breach is more so.

— Mahatma Gandhi