“There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument, "What end or object could the party have had in the act with which he is accused."” FirstsEndsLawPartyObjectsFameArgumentAncientLawyerAccusedJudicialProceedingJurisprudence Author:Edmund Burke
“The prosecution [of impeachments], will seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community, and to divide it into parties more or less friendly or inimical to the accused. The subjects of its jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust, and they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself.” MenDoneWholePassionCommunityPartyFailingSubjectsAbuseRelateInjuryFriendlyDividesOffenseAccusedViolationProsecutionJurisdictionImpeachmentPublic TrustAgitateMisconduct Author:Alexander Hamilton
“It is hardly possible to suspect another without having in one's self the seeds of baseness the party is accused of.” SelfPartySeedsSuspectsSuspicionAccusedBaseness Book:Moral reflections, sentences and maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld Source: Moral reflections, sentences and maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld