Whenever the offense inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigor of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind. Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776
Whenever the offense inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigor of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind. Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776