There is not a single law connected with my name which has not had as its object some mitigation of the severity of the criminal law; some prevention of abuse in the exercise of it; or some security for its impartial administration.


speech, House of Commons, 1 May 1827


There is not a single law connected with my name which has not had as its object some mitigation of the severity of the criminal law; some prevention ...

There is not a single law connected with my name which has not had as its object some mitigation of the severity of the criminal law; some prevention ...

There is not a single law connected with my name which has not had as its object some mitigation of the severity of the criminal law; some prevention ...

There is not a single law connected with my name which has not had as its object some mitigation of the severity of the criminal law; some prevention ...