“there is no collective guilt,...guilt is individual, like salvation." [p.28]”
“Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility.”
“As for the concept of collective guilt, I personally think that it is totally unjustified to hold one person responsible for the behavior of another person or a collective of persons.”
“The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.”
“Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.”
“guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine”