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If you were to say of these men that they are not guilty, it would be as true to say… — Robert H. Jackson

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If you were to say of these men that they are not guilty, it would be as true to say there has been no war, there are no slain, there has been no crime.

Robert H. Jackson
1946
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1946
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Robert H. Jackson
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Jackson, Robert H. Summation for the prosecution. Nuremberg Trials. 26 July 1946, Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany.

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