Innocent

Famous quotes containing the word innocent:

“It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.”
—William Blackstone (1723–1780)

“So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to it yourselves.””
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 27:24.

“All fables, indeed, have their morals; but the innocent enjoy the story.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)