Whatever one man does, it is as if all men did it. For that reason, it is not unfair that one disobedience in a garden should contaminate all humanity; for that reason it is not unjust that the crucifixion of a single Jew should be sufficient to save it.

Jorge Luis Borges
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When we do something wrong, we must be punished, but it doesn’t mean we should be punished for everyone else’s crimes. If we punished all the bad guys and then go and kill the bad guys that were just released from jail, then we would be just as wrong as those that were killed. The people who died were already dead, but we didn’t realize that.

Source: Labyrinths: Selected Stories And Other Writings

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