Clearly, a great crime had been committed against this boy; yet nobody who had had a hand in it - the judge, the jury, the prosecutor, the complaining witness, the policemen and jailers - felt any responsibility about it, because they were not acting as men, but as officials. (Albert Jay Nock)

Clearly, a great crime had been committed against this boy; yet nobody who had had a hand in it - the judge, the jury, the prosecutor, the complaining witness, the policemen and jailers - felt any responsibility about it, because they were not acting as men, but as officials.

Albert Jay Nock

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