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Quotation from Opening Statement at the Nuremberg Trial by Robert H. Jackson
“That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to reason.”
Opening Statement at the Nuremberg Trial, Opening paragraph
Jackson praises the decision to try rather than simply punish the defeated leaders.
Citation: "That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to reason." — Robert H. Jackson, Opening Statement at the Nuremberg Trial, Opening paragraph. (id jackson-nuremberg-opening-statement-q1)
