Canute Quotes

Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.

All judges had rather that ten innocent should suffer than that one guilty should escape

On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on terms of repentance. I think it is enough if the man does no wrong hereafter.

There is no debt more lawful than the word of a just man nor anything which binds our actions more than a promise.

Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

If we started prosecuting people for sin, we’d all be in jail.

Eschew all unrighteousness; that is, slaying of kinsmen, and murder, and perjury, and witchcraft and enchantment, and adultery, and incest

If you're doing something wrong, you deserve to be caught.

I have not committed any crimes. I have not stolen any money. I have not looted state resources.

My role is not to cover up for the crimes of others.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

Never in my life did I steal a penny that didn't belong to me.

I did steal socks, but I got caught... don't shoplift, anyone - don't do it! You're just gonna get caught.

In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith.

The capture of Saddam Hussein has proven to the bad ones, to the guilty ones, to the sinful ones that they cannot run forever. Sooner or later, the other criminals will also be found from their hideouts.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

It is right to give every man his due.

I followed the law. Before God, before the law, before the people of the state of Florida who elected me, I know that I followed the law.

Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.

Everyone says corruption is everywhere, but for me it seems strange to say that and then not try to put the people guilty of that corruption away.

We can't let somebody rise to the top who will pardon these war criminals. Because they need to go to prison for what they've done in this world. We can't have a pardon. They need to pay for what they've done.

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

Our sense of fairness tells us that people should pay for the wrong they do.

Now I come to 75 years of age, I think what's most important in life is your conscience. If you told a lie and made other people suffer, I think that's very difficult when you reach this age.

Above all, my brothers, do not swear -- not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your Yes be Yes, and your No, No, and you will not be condemned