Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 950 |
| AUTHOR: | Lewis Carroll (1832–98) |
| QUOTATION: | “There’s the King’s Messenger. He’s in prison now, being punished: and the trial doesn’t begin until next Wednesday: and of course the crime comes last of all.” “Suppose he never commits the crime?” said Alice. “That would be all the better, wouldn’t it?” the Queen said. |
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| SUBJECTS: | Justice |