Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom.
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.
Yes, everything is simple. It's people who complicate things.
Utopia is that which is in contradiction with reality.
Where would his torture be, indeed, if at every step the hope of succeeding upheld him?
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.