“May God have mercy on my soul for the deaths on my name and for the treachery I committed. Betrayal of God and country, what a sad and horrible thing it is.” MaySoulCountryGodDeathNamesSadMercyCommittedBetrayalHorribleCommitMy SoulTreacheryHorrible ThingsGod And Country Author:E. Howard Hunt
“A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.” IfsShouldMayCareAdvantageArmyCommitI CareCowardlyNever FearCowardly Acts Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity. I will prove by my works whether I can mete out justice to such persons, or not. I would consider it just as much my duty to do that, as to baptize a man for the remission of his sins.” IfsKnowsMenWantMayPersonsI CanSufferingJusticeSinDutyProveStealingCommitSpotsThievesIniquityRemission Author:Brigham Young
“If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity.” IfsKnowsWantMaySufferingStealingCommitSpotsThievesIniquity Book:Journal of Discourses Source: Journal of Discourses
“Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be the most venial of faults; rather, be quick to repair it by repentance, although many others may commit a large number of faults, slight and grievous, and remain unrepentant.” IfsMayLightFallNumbersVirtueGreaterFaultsStriveCommitNeglectRepentanceLarge Numbers Book:Ascetical Works (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 9) Source: Ascetical Works (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 9)
“Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that in the administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means - to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal - would bring terrible retributions.” PeopleIfsMenMayMeanEndsWholeGovernmentLawOrderLibertyTeachTeacherCrimeExampleTerribleIllConvictionCriminalsEvery ManCommitSecureAdministrationJustifyAnarchyContemptInvitesContagiousRetributionLiberty And JusticeCriminal LawEnds Justify The MeansConflicting Opinions Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.” ThinkingMayFunnyAmericaImaginationStupidityCommitPlus Author:Charles de Gaulle