Skip to content

Englishmen say that it is better that twelve culprits should escape human justice rather than that one innocent man should perish.

— César-François de Saussure

Another quote →

Notes from Wikiquote

On Blackstone's ratio

Topics

Justice

More quotes by César-François de Saussure

England undoubtedly is, in my opinion, the most happily governed country in the world.

London is assuredly the greatest commercial city in the world.

The term gentleman is usually given to any well-dressed person wearing a sword.

English workmen are everywhere renowned, and that justly. They work to perfection, and though not inventive, are capable of improving and of finishing most admirably what the French and Germans have invented.

One may say that there is cruelty and even ferocity in some of the pastimes of the people. Occasionally dogs are made to fight, and sometimes men belabour each other with wicker staves, or kill cocks with blows from a club.

All César-François de Saussure quotes →

You may also like

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

If the church ... does not make God's liberation of the oppressed central in its mission and proclamation, how can it rest easy with a condemned criminal as the dominant symbol of its message?

James H. Cone Speaking the Truth: Ecumenism, Liberation, and Black Theology (1986)

It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.

Muhammad

It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you are cruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

Cary Grant Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: César-François de Saussure (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.