Hartley Shawcross Quotes

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There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.

Hartley Shawcross
I feel that I've had a happy life, not a very useful life, but a happy one.

Hartley Shawcross
'But,' said Alice, 'the question is whether you can make a word mean different things.' 'Not so,' said Humpty-Dumpty, 'the question is which is to be the master. That's all.' We are the masters at the moment, and not only at the moment, but for a very long time to come.

Hartley Shawcross
Getting up and criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time. Especially as you know in your heart that you would be doing more or less the same thing if you were in his place.

Hartley Shawcross
You cannot do justice to the dead. When we talk about doing justice to the dead we are talking about retribution for the harm done to them. But retribution and justice are two different things.

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All my moves were designed to promote the happiness and wellbeing of my family, rather than fame.

Hartley Shawcross
I know that in my public life I fell below the standards that I had set myself... I have seen what is wrong but not done enough to put it right. I have been more critical than correct. I have had opportunities of great positions in the service of the state, but I have put them aside. I know that I have not devoted myself enough to promoting the good of others.

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