“If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“All things truly wicked start from an innocence.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary sourceWicked Innocence Compliments Punishment Freedom