In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

Hunter S. Thompson
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime...
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime...
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime...
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime...
About This Quote

In a world that values efficiency above all else, it is often necessary to teach people that there is no such thing as a stupid question. When we teach people that there is no such thing as a stupid question, we help them to see that there is no such thing as a stupid person. This quote by J. Robert Oppenheimer makes it clear that we need to treat criminals in the same compassionate and reasonable way we would treat any other individual facing life-threatening circumstances.

Source: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

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