Monday 2 April 2007

The writing on the wall


Where man obeys without being presumed good there is neither liberty nor a native land.



Les mots justes et injustes sont entendus par toutes les consciences

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I saw the quote on a building in Davies Street, London W1. I read it as

"Convicting the innocent does not protect the victim".

Any idea who said it?

MusingsofaFailure said...

Anonymous

I'm afraid I don't know and neither it seems do the search engines - please let me know if you find out.

Anonymous said...

When man obeys without being presumed good there is neither liberty nor a native land

quote from Louis-Antoine Saint-Just (1767-1794.

Anonymous said...

quotation is from Louis-Antoine Saint-Just, 1767-1794.