In Israel, the maximum legal penalty for denying the existence of God is one year in prison, while the punishment for denying… — Ward Churchill Copy Share Image
Silence comes in two varieties: One that nourishes and comforts; another that chokes, smothers, and isolates. Solitary confinement is the worst kind… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
When you have a nation that is suffering collectively from a situation of injustice - of violence, of imprisonment and closure and… — Hanan Ashrawi Copy Share Image
The New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman, cited Haqqani to make the argument that Guantánamo must be shut down. He wrote:“Husain Haqqani,… — Husain Haqqani Copy Share Image
“The bad parts of the statute are not judicially severable, I consider, from the rest of its provisions that deal with imprisonment.… — John Didcott Copy Share Image
The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there… — Tycho Brahe Copy Share Image
I question the negative connotations of fabric, of ribbon, of lace. I turn these symbols of our imprisonment around. — Miriam Schapiro Copy Share Image
What can my enemies do to me? I have in my breast both my Heaven and my Garden. If I travel they… — Ibn Taymiyyah Copy Share Image
The difference between more or less intelligent men is like the difference between criminals condemned to life imprisonment in smaller or larger… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Writing is like wrestling; you are wrestling with ideas and with the story. There is a lot of energy required. At the… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Since I was a law student, I have been against the death penalty. It does not deter. It is severely discriminatory against… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Americans like to humiliate wrongdoers...We like, in short, to punish. It makes us feel good. By every conceivable metric - arrests, prosecutions,… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in… — Fritz Sauckel Copy Share Image
No person shall be restrained of his liberty but by regular process from a court of justice, authorized by a general law.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A lover knows only humility, he has no choice. He steals into your alley at night, he has no choice. He longs… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment. — Jeff Bingaman Copy Share Image
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to… — James Keller Copy Share Image
Saddam's fate should be in the hands of his country men. They were the major victims of his brutal reign and should… — Ronnie James Dio Copy Share Image
Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems. — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I know of only one country, at least to my knowledge, which has a dissident culture where leading figures, I mean, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
“In the criminal law [...] imprisonment should be resorted to only after the most anxious consideration.” — Pius Langa Copy Share Image
Look how in societies today where Islam is dominant and prominent, how any non-Islamic person, whether it's a Christian or an apostate… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
We felt the imprisonment of being a girl, the way it made your mind active and dreamy, and how you ended up… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image