“Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.”
Madame de Stael
“When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance, for votes with which to perpetuate itself”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men”
Martin Fraquhar Tupper
“It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.”
Voltaire
“The innocent who could laugh with joy didn't dare to because they were sitting beside a guilty friend who didn't dare to”
Mark Twain
“A wicked Hero will turn his back to an innocent coward.”
Benjamin Franklin
“This should be the age of utter innocence for a child. Hollywood should do anything within its power to protect that innocence.”
Brent Bozell