We inquire not into the rank of the offenders, nor into their religious persuasion; we have no business with either, our part being only to find them out and exhibit them to justice.
In a declaration concerning public safety during the American Revolution, this passage emphasizes the impartial application of justice.
Share
More from Thomas Paine
Burke's Book is easily accounted for.--When a man in a wrong cause attempts to steer his course by anything else than some polar truth or principle, he is sure to be lost.
Nothing can be more terrible to a Court or Courtier than the Revolution of France.
The man who is in the receipt of a million a year is the last person to promote a spirit of reform, lest, in the event, it should reach to himself.