The Most Sure, But At The Same

What Right Can Give Anyone Authority To Inflict Torture Upon A Citizen When It Is Still Unknown Whether He Is Innocent Or Guilty?

The Laws Ought To Be So Framed As To Secure The Safety Of Every Citizen As Much As Possible. ... Political Liberty Does Not Consist In The Notion That A Man May Do Whatever He Pleases; Liberty Is The Right To Do Whatsoever The Laws Allow. ... The Equality Of The Citizens Consists In That They Should All Be Subject To The Same Laws.

One Does Not Always Do The Best There Is. One Does The Best One Can.

Self-interest Usually Brings Injustice With It.

To Tempt And Be Tempted Are Closely Allied; And In Spite Of All The Finest Moral Maxims Buried In The Mind, When Emotion Interferes, When Feeling Makes Its Appearance, One Is Already Much Further Involved That One Realizes, And I Have Still Not Learnt How To Prevent Its Appearance.