Carolyn Heilbrun (Carolyn Gold Heilbrun) Quotes

In former days, everyone found the assumption of innocence so easy; today we find fatally easy the assumption of guilt.

Carolyn Heilbrun

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• In former days, everyone found the assumption of innocence so easy; today we find fatally easy the assumption of guilt.

  

  Carolyn Heilbrun
  • Easy
  • Assumption
  • Guilt