Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-7] of 7 Innocence quotesInnocence QuotesInnocence There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thought under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.~ Michel de Montaigne Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires.~ Khalil Gibran Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.~ Nadine Gordimer Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with a relentless and furious diligence, is to convert the assumption into a fact. They hunt endlessly for proofs, and, when proofs are lacking, for mere suspicions. The moment they become aware of a definite citizen, John Doe, seeking what is his right under the law, they begin searching feverishly for an excuse for withholding it from him.~ H. L. Mencken If something is wrong for you or me, it is also wrong for the cop, the soldier, the mayor, the governor, the general, the Fed chairman, the president. Theft does not become acceptable when they call it taxation, counterfeiting when they call it monetary policy, kidnapping when they call it the draft, mass murder when they call it foreign policy. We understand that it is never acceptable to wield violence nor the threat of violence against the innocent, whether by the mugger or the politician.~ Lew Rockwell Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.~ The Holy Bible Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print