First one who said "the innocent have nothing to fear" was some Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre. He was eventually executed. Turns out, it depe

First one who said "the innocent have nothing to fear" was some Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre. He was eventually executed. Turns out, it depends a lot on who decides your innocence, and not a lot on you doing nothing wrong. In other words, systems set up against people doing bad things are also perfect for framing people inconvenient to the operators.