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Quote from Jean de la Bruyere,


"A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob;
an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen."


By:

Jean de la Bruyere (more quotes by Jean de la Bruyere or books by/about Jean de la Bruyere)


(1645-1696) French essayist and moralist

Source:

Les Caracteres, 1688

Categories:

Crime, Justice, Oppression, Tyranny

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