Our prime minister could embrace and forgive the people who killed our beloved sons and fathers, and so he should, but he… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
It appeared that most of the men and boys had died of starvation; they had not been executed. But the manner of… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
You will say these are very small sins... [But] it does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It is said to be a deterrent. I cannot agree…I do not now believe that any one of the hundreds of executions… — Albert Pierrepoint Copy Share Image
“...the truth is that every murder case is, if not simple, capable of simplicity, and that this is not only necessary but… — Tana French Copy Share Image
Redemption, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And in "Elbow Room" the cast sings the glories of westward expansion in the United States, which involved the murder of native… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
When Ling was communicating to any person the signs by which messengers might find him, he was compelled to add, "the neighbourhood… — Ernest Bramah Copy Share Image
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When should we nudge and when should we shove, I think, it's a political judgment. Obviously in some situations we need shoves,… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
At certain times each year, we journalists do almost nothing except apply for the Pulitzers and several dozen other major prizes. During… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Don't tell me to believe. Don't tell me to believe in the same God or laws that men believe in who commit… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
I've directed our defense community headed by our great general now Secretary [James] Mattis, he's over there now working very hard to… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The sun is all love and murder, judgement, the perpetual raid of conscience, paratrooping light which opens like a snow-blossom in the… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
On the whole, we're a murderous race. According to Genesis, it took as few as four people to make the planet too… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“We played a couple games of pool and shared a basket of fried shrimp and onion rings. He was a good player,… — Kendric Neal Copy Share Image
“They needed a reason why a little kid would commit murder, someone or something to point the finger at, and I think… — Ryū Murakami Copy Share Image
Our sainted aunts prate of living for others while our rich uncles call us mollycoddles for not fighting for what we want.… — Nicholas Samstag Copy Share Image
When you're a sportswriter, you learn how to use your imagination and to flex your literary muscle, because it's the same game… — Rick Bragg Copy Share Image
“So rich a client having suffered such a messy death was an unsettling embarrassment to Captain Harald Biscay. It was bad for… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
It is hard to tell if capital punishment has such an effect. And even if, in some contexts it has (such as… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
“Then his fingers trembled on her ankle—tightened around her foot. His head shifted, turning toward her. With a growl, she crashed the… — Cate Campbell Beatty Copy Share Image
The final end of abortion in America will come when every human being begins to appreciate his own life as a gift… — Judie Brown Copy Share Image
With Islamophobic tendencies in Europe and North America it is quite possible that Islamic leaders could be charged with 'political genocide'. An… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
ROMEO There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murders in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“First she would try to kill him, but failing this give him food and her body, breast-feed him back to a state… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“A 22-caliber bullet can travel as fast as 1,022 mph. I learned that at Quantico. However, the bullet that hit him probably… — Francis Barel Copy Share Image
I think, because it's one of my favorite moments in [Charles Manson's Hollywood]. That series got a lot of attention and people… — Karina Longworth Copy Share Image
I can honestly say that in The Murder City Devils band we achieved everything that I could've ever hoped for or wanted.… — Spencer Moody Copy Share Image
What's to be believed? Or does it matter at all? When mass murder's been answered with mass murder, rape with rape, hate… — Walter M. Miller, Jr Copy Share Image
There is no book which tells of a more infamous monster than the Old Testament, with its Jehovah of murder and cruelty… — Helen H. Gardener Copy Share Image
“Hello, said Loo. What's wrong? Hawley asked. You're not outside. Not tonight. But you're *always* outside. Hawley did not know how to… — Hannah Tinti Copy Share Image
Some wonder why I have such a feeling of concern over the imposition of the death penalty. I ask those who wonder… — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
In their quest for power and self-importance, to compensate for whatever feelings of social inadequacy or sexual insecurity, they (Politicians)are prepared to… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
Photography has always been capable of manipulation. Even more subtle and more invidious is the fact that any time you put a… — Joel Sternfeld Copy Share Image
They all think any minute I'm going to commit suicide. What a joke. The truth of course is the exact opposite: suicide… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Some Christian lawyers—some eminent and stupid judges—have said and still say, that the Ten Commandments are the foundation of all law. Nothing… — Robert G Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“He was about to cross a point of no return. The place separating him from the imaginary line in the sand. The… — Jaime Allison Parker Copy Share Image
Natural thunder heralds the wetness of fresh water high clouds to quench the thirst of fields gone dry and parched, a messenger… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image