unfaltering faith
there is treasure, can find it
heart of every man
A calm and dispassionate recognition of the rights of the accused against the State, and even of convicted criminals against the State … a desire and eagerness to rehabilitate in the world of industry all those who have paid their dues in the hard coinage of punishment … and an unfaltering faith that there is a treasure, if you can only find it, in the heart of every man—these are the symbols which in the treatment of crime and criminals mark and measure the stored-up strength of a nation, and are the sign and proof of the living virtue in it.
The Home Secretary Winston Churchill speech at the house of commons in July 20th 1910 on treatment of crime and criminals
… an unfaltering faith that there is a treasure,
if you can only find it,
in the heart of every man.
Mr. Churchill was speaking on the subject of prison and prison reform.
I put this to our border.
There was this time when this country had this big statue with the words:
… Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
An unfaltering faith that there is a treasure, if you can only find it, in the heart of every man.
There was this time when …
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