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Quote from John Selden,


"If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to."


By:

John Selden (more quotes by John Selden or books by/about John Selden)


(1856-1654)

Source:

Tabletalk, 1689

Categories:

Compassion, Justice, Punishment

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