"If we let passion take over restraint in our legal system we will have a legal system very much like post-revolution France, including daily beheadings based on crowd whim. Sadly a sizable percentage of the public would like to see just that."
In Lawrence of Arabia, sheik Feisal (played by Alec Guinness) tells a British officer: "With Major Lawrence, mercy is a passion. With me, it is merely good manners. You may judge which motive is the more reliable."
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