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Maimonides·1190

It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.

Edmund Burke·1780

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Alexis de Tocqueville·1831

The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.