I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.

They all had stories. They had mothers or fathers, sisters or lovers. They weren't alone in the world, mattering to no one but themselves. It seemed utterly wrong to treat them like pennies in a purse. I felt the soldiers understood perfectly well that we were making sums out of them-- this many safe to spend, this number too high, as if each one wasn't a whole man.

I needn’t be offended every time I have to look at you

Next you will cry about taxation without representation, and throw a basket of tea into the harbor. You are indeed a very Jacobin at heart, and I think I must give up trying to cure you of it; I can but wash my hands and deny responsibility

Gentleness shown once is mercy, shown twice is folly.

Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved for those few with enough money and influence to afford it.