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The great principle of Justice: prevent crime rather than punish it. All that is needed to execute a guilty man is a firing squad or a hangman. To prevent there being guilty men requires great astuteness.

Augusto Roa Bastos

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Augusto Roa Bastos
Age: 87 †
Born: 1917
Born: June 13
Died: 2005
Died: April 26
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Augusto José Antonio Roa Bastos
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