The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who posses themselves of great power and make deliberate and concerted use of it to set in motion evils which leave no home in the world untouched.

Robert H. Jackson

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Criminal law Deterrence (theory of punishment) Legal theory

Speaker

Robert H. Jackson

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Supreme Court Justice Judge Lawyer

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United States

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Citation

Jackson, Robert H. "Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal." 21 Nov. 1945, International Military Tribunal, Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany.

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Charles de Gaulle
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1940 1940s 20th century
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Nicholas Conyngham Tindal
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M'Naghten's Case
Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1843 1840s 19th century
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Another quote from 1945

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Our Inner Conflicts

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Karen Horney
Source
Our Inner Conflicts
Genre
Psychological literature
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Horney, Karen. Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neuroses. W. W. Norton & Company, 1945, conclusion.