"The severest justice may not always be..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
The severest justice may not always be the best policy
More by Abraham Lincoln
“Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”
“When you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance.”
“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”
More on Justice
“Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.”
“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.”
“I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.”
More on Policy
“Look at government programs for the past fifty years. Every single one - except warfare - achieved the exact opposite of its announced goal.”
“Honesty is always the best policy.”
“The National Health Service is safe with us. The principle of adequate healthcare should be provided for all regardless of ability to pay must be the function of any arrangements for financing the NHS. We stand by that.”