No universal selfishness can bring social good to all.
The object of punishment is to. . . lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition.
I've never hanged a man. It is the law that has done it.
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.
I am the most misunderstood and misrepresented of men. Misrepresented because misunderstood.
You don't have to be larger than life to be a hero, just larger than yourself.
I'm putting my life at risk, literally! And if I slipped. . . You never know. And I think about it. I think about my family and I'm like, wow, this is like being a police officer or something, in war or something.
All of us task-oriented obsessive compulsives must learn to slow down and let people into our lives.
But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.