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That would make every reader of Cardinal Richelieu to have mens rea to any crime.

Better known as Cardinal Richelieu: Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac The quotation is also disputed: Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.

As Cardinal Richelieu put it, a devious prosecutor can find a capital crime in as little as six lines written by an innocent.

Lol watch the new BBC Musketers series and see how Cardinal Richelieu views violence and power.

- Cardinal Richelieu You get into situation where you tell a prosecutor - find this guy guilty of something and throw him into jail.

This is an old truth best stated by Richelieu - If you give me six lines written by the most honest man, I'll find something in them which will see him hang.

Cardinal Richelieu is alleged to have said: If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.

The pinnacle example of this imho is the 202 year old Parisien Au Richelieu Boulangerie (bakery) that closed it's doors recently in Paris due to rent increases because of it's proximity to the ever popular Louvre Museum.

> I think if Richelieu could see today's security > apparatus he would be very pleased with how far we > have managed to move forward his ideas.

> Richelieu introduced the concept of raison d'etat which elevated the nation and national interests above that of the church (he was supporting protestant rebels against the catholic aligned rulers to avoid encirclement of france by the Hapsburgs) Yes.

Also, I am not American, so I fell into the trap, thinking Richelieu was actually "supposed to be known" by the average American.

As Cardinal Richelieu said: "If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged."

Regarding the context, let me quote you Cardinal Richelieu: "Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him"

The fact that our conversations are now public means that, if someone goes looking for something to be offended by they are going to find it, and then they play the primate power game and we're back to Cardinal Richelieu: "Give me 6 lines written in the hand of the most honest man and I will see him hanged." That said, this does paint reality for those who do honestly want to see more women involved in tech etc.

Attributed to Cardinal Richelieu, or possibly one of his agents.

Per the disputed quote of Cardinal Richelieu: Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.

Which puts us firmly in the (disputed) land of Cardinal Richelieu: Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.