You can make a very good argument that society would be much worse off if you let 10 rapists and murderers free rather than put one poor, wrongly accused accountant in prison. And so my only point on that is that it should open up an argument. It should not sort of settle one, because nobody disagrees with it.

Jonah Goldberg

Accountant Accused Argument Because Free Good Make Much Nobody Off Only Open Point Poor Prison Put Rapists Rather Settle Should Society Sort Than Up Very Worse Would Wrongly You

Related Quotes

Many thanks for your good wishes. The fact is, however, that I have not been ill except a two days attack of indigestion and subsequent fatigue, from which I am quite recovered. It is less easy to recover from a serious attack of indignation.

— Harriet Boyd Hawes

accusedageismindignation

I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.

— Lana Turner

But it is one of these sort of mythologies about America and its intellectual history, that the right embraced this thing called social Darwinism, when it never did so.

— Jonah Goldberg

AboutAmericaDarwinism

You would rather pay $50 a month for a cable modem than a free voiceband modem because of the attractiveness of that broadband connection.

— Henry Samueli

BecauseBroadbandCable

The past is open to all sorts of magical possibilities because it can't be verified. It's as we make it, so it seems to be entirely free. It seems to be completely up for grabs. But of course it's not.

— Samantha Harvey

BecauseCourseEntirely