The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.
I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.
We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.
There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as somehow unworthy of a civilized society.
We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
I think in some instances that the death penalty is required.
Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.
Critics should stick to their convictions.
I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the place.