“We were reading one day, for delight, of Lancelot, how love constrained him; we were alone, suspecting nothing.”— Francesca da Rimini
“No man can be judged a criminal until he be found guilty; nor can society take from him the public protection until it have been proved that he has violated the conditions on which it was granted.”— Cesare Beccaria
“For the sake of the innocent, the helpless, and the dumb, I am here to plead their cause.”— Henry Bergh
“I'm here to tell you right off the bat that I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing.”— Rod Blagojevich
“Innocence is not seen in the moment of being experienced. It is only remembered.”— Elizabeth Bowen
“She was a fairy-tale princess who had been plunged into the crudest of realities.”— Mary Elizabeth Braddon