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If the system turns away from the abuses inflicted on the guilty, then who can be next but the innocents?

If the system turns away from the abuses inflicted on the guilty, then who can be next but the innocents?
– Michael Connelly

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  4. Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if they are *not* sleeping with someone. – Margaret Mead
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  9. It’s a police mantra that all members of the public are guilty of something, but some members of the public are more guilty than others. – Ben Aaronovitch
  10. What is next to ecstasy?Pain.What is next to pain?Nothingness.What is next to nothingness?Hell. – Umera Ahmed
  11. If my mom sees you here, she’ll —-œ -œPaper the walls with my innards while the innocents watch? – Jamie Farrell
  12. O how can wicked men seem so steady and untouched with such black hearts, while poor innocents stand like malefactors before them! – Samuel Richardson
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  14. Believe me, you’re going to have to do much worse than this–in the pursuit of freedom, the innocents will suffer–and at your hands. – Jasper Fforde
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  16. Thanks to Karen Connelly who read earlier versions of this manuscript and to Ronald Hatch my editor and publisher. – Nancy Holmes
  17. Jesus taught in parables for a reason. – Stuart Connelly
  18. It’s only a moment if you believe. – Jason Connelly
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  26. Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse! – Harriet Beecher Stowe
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