Who Said This? I Have a Quote and I Can’t Remember Who Said It.?

Question by kyle: Who said this? I have a quote and I can’t remember who said it.?
“If one innocent person dies, then it’s not worth it.” Someone well known said something like that, but I can’t remember who.
i was debating on the legalization of all drugs in debate club. I had the con side. I wanted to use this quote, but I couldn’t remember who said it, so i didn’t use it. Basically what I wanted to address was that even though it has been shown that regulation leads to less addiction, if one innocent person dies because someone was able to legally obtain a dangerous drug, then the legalization would not be worth it.

Best answer:

Answer by Julian Delirium
Sounds like the main premise of the Blackstone formulation (William Blackstone)

“Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer”.

Hope this helps.

JD.

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