| | "Let even the devil be heard," a precept of Roman Catholic canon law.
In the old canon law of the Church it was laid down that everyone must have a hearing, Even the devil. Etiam diabolus audiatur. But the new democracy, which proposed to install the society of nations, did not even obey the precepts which the dark Middle Ages held sacred on behalf of the accused."
- Prime Minister Francesco Nitti of Italy commenting on the treatment of Germany at the Treaty of Versailles in his book, The Wreck of Europe.
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Etiam diabolus audiatur. (Let even the devil be heard.)
