Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling! I would lay my case before him, and fill my mouth ...with arguments. I would learn what he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; but he would give heed to me. There an upright person could reason with him, and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageou...s to absolve an innocent than not to prosecute a guilty man.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
From a bed in this hotel Seargent S. Prentiss arose in the middle of the night and made a speech in defense of a bedbug that had b...itten him. It was heard by a mock jury and judge, and the bedbug was formally acquitted.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ah, why should all mankind For one man's fault thus guiltless be condemned,... If guiltless? But from me what can proceed, But all corrupt, both mind and will depraved, Not to do only, but to will the same With me? How can they then acquitted stand In sight of God? Him, after all disputes, Forced I absolve. All my evasions vain And reasonings, though through mazes, lead me still But to my own conviction: first and last On me, me only, as the source and spring Of all corruption, all the blame lights due; So might the wrath!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Writers ought to be regarded as wrongdoers who deserve to be acquitted or pardoned only in the rarest cases: that would be a way t...o keep books from getting out of hand.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The prosecution of [Warren] Hastings, though he should escape at last, must have good effect. It will alarm the servants of the Co...mpany in India, that they may not always plunder with impunity, but that there may be a retrospect; and it will show them that even bribes of diamonds to the Crown may not secure them from prosecution.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »