Quote#Wisdom
That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one…
Quote byBenjamin Franklin · 1706–1790
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Epistles, Letter to Benjamin Vaughan, on Blackstone's Ratio (14 March 1785).
English (original)
That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a maxim that has been long and generally approved; never, that I know of, controverted.
— Benjamin Franklin
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