In modern times and in cultivated countries we regard each person as responsible only for his own actions, and do not believe, or think of believing, that the misconduct of others can bring guilt on them.
This quote highlights the modern perspective on individual responsibility and the separation of personal actions from the actions of others.
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The work would be done so well that we should not want any one to look over or revise it.
They are above corruption because they are the corruptors.
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