Posted On: 06/02/2016 6:11:17 PM
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Doesn't matter who says it, doesn't matter if you like it or not.
it is an enshrined principle in our legal system that people are innocent until charged, tried and found guilty.
Not surprising how easily conservatives want to abandon that principle, when they're after a political opponent.
It's not smart, seeing how often 'your own' will surely need 'protection'.
it is an enshrined principle in our legal system that people are innocent until charged, tried and found guilty.
Not surprising how easily conservatives want to abandon that principle, when they're after a political opponent.
It's not smart, seeing how often 'your own' will surely need 'protection'.
Quote:
William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!
Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat?
This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!
― Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
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