Quote#Wisdom
I have ever had the single aim of justice in view. No judge who is…
Quote byIsaac Parker · 1838–1896
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: September 1, 1896, reported in Homer Croy, He Hanged Them High (1952), p. 218..
English (original)
I have ever had the single aim of justice in view. No judge who is influenced by any other consideration is fit for the bench. 'Do equal and exact justice,' is my motto, and I have often said to the grand jury, 'Permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty man escape.'
— Isaac Parker
You may also like
The object of punishment is to... lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition.
I am the most misunderstood and misrepresented of men. Misrepresented because misunderstood.
The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
What great Effects from slender Causes flow!
So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.
But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash.
