no study has brought out any solid evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, Amnesty reports that 'the murder rate… — Antoinette Bosco Copy Share Image
I have inquired for most of my adult life about studies that might show that the death penalty is a deterrent. And… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being… — Kin Hubbard Copy Share Image
I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under. — Alan Shearer Copy Share Image
Gittin' talked about is one o' th' penalties for bein' purty, while bein' above suspicion is about th' only compensation fer bein'… — Kin Hubbard Copy Share Image
...perhaps the hopes I have confessed to are of an illusory nature, too. But I hold fast to one distinction. Apart from… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
A player who dives and wins a penalty in Portugal, or Spain or Italy is considered clever, experienced, cunning, someone who understands… — Jose Mourinho Copy Share Image
The only safe and honorable course for a self-respecting man is to do what I have decided to do, that is, to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Our history shows that the death penalty has been unjustly imposed, innocents have been killed by the state, effective rehabilitation has been… — Ramsey Clark Copy Share Image
No legal ceremony--no election of the woman--no penalty for the perfidy of the man--no law to compel him to do his duty,… — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
I think we've misinterpreted some of the scriptures to justify the death penalty. So whereas a lot of folks in America feel… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Every age and degree of understanding should have its proper measure of discipline. With regard to boys and adolescents, therefore, or those… — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
We as the Church need to express wherever appropriate and wherever possible our stance against the death penalty. We need to talk… — Gabino Zavala Copy Share Image
But too often the goal of the planners is a universal gray state of health corresponding to absence of disease rather than… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
It doesn't make any difference if you are in favor of capital punishment or if you are opposed to capital punishment. The… — Gerald Kogan Copy Share Image
In every race there is a crucial moment when the body wants to quit. Then it needs imagination and mental tenacuty to… — Derek Ibbotson Copy Share Image
I don't have any personal upset at the death penalty as an abstraction, What I do realize is how many mistakes can… — Michael Baden Copy Share Image
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
Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just… — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
The movement to abolish the death penalty needs the religious community because the heart of religion is about compassion, human rights, and… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law… — Roy Barnes Copy Share Image
I think we make our own hell down here during our life times- the penalty for not being true; the punishment for… — Heather Nova Copy Share Image
The main factor in a penalty shootout is luck again. You need to stay calm and focussed but the biggest thing you… — Peter Shilton Copy Share Image
The penalty of affluence is that it cuts one off from the common lot, common experience, and common fellowship. In a sense… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way effected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to… — Byron White Copy Share Image
It’s like in soccer: you have to deal with the penalties where they fall; you can’t choose where they’re going to land.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Because I am a deep believer in the civil society, I think we should be prepared to pay the consequences of breaking… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the… — George Ryan Copy Share Image
Most people are not affected by [the death penalty]. It's like how many people are actually sent to Iraq and Afghanistan? Such… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
As the world continues to turn away from the use of the death penalty, it is a glaring anomaly that China, Saudi… — Irene Khan Copy Share Image
The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on… — Mike Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his note-book, that men were forbidden to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the… — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
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