Hartley Shawcross Quote

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.


Quoted in the Daily Telegraph, 1 May 1991


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...

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...

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...

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...