The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself. — Plato Copy Share Image
I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
I don’t know why Glenn Murray took the penalty. I suppose because he is our penalty taker. — Gus Poyet Copy Share Image
As a Christian, as an individual, as a doctor, I am absolutely opposed to the death penalty. — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
Any time you have a negative play in the running game, it's like getting a penalty. — Bill Belichick Copy Share Image
With handball, you have soft facts but not hard facts. The shot is wide, and then suddenly, it's a penalty. — Thomas Tuchel Copy Share Image
The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent crimes: assassinating the President; hijacking an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I agree with Thomas Jefferson, who once wrote that he would support the death penalty only when the infallibility of human judgment… — Paul Jacob Copy Share Image
At the cross, God was punishing Jesus for the sins of the world. God's justice required a penalty from sinners, and in… — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
“[T]he death penalty dehumanizes everyone on both sides of the equation. It dimishes everyone it touches. It is something we just shouldn't… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
We have a legal system, and we have a penal code. We have the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, and people should… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
No politician after the Nixon-Agnew years would say, 'I was against the death penalty,' because they replaced 'soft on communism' with 'soft… — Mike Farrell Copy Share Image
I stand with crime victims, members of the law enforcement community, and advocates for justice in opposing a repeal of the death… — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image
The death penalty and the arguments it inspires don't only involve ethics, morals, and justice. There are bureaucratic and economic aspects to… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
For years I supported capital punishment, but I have come to believe that our criminal justice system is incapable of adequately distinguishing… — James Frey Copy Share Image
I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
“When the eternal God looked at my record and said, “Michael is found guilty, the penalty of his crimes is death and… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I don't know if the question is whether you believe in capital punishment anymore. I think the greater question is its effectiveness… — Tani Cantil-Sakauye 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
Humans live a lot longer than dogs, and we don't suffer any penalty that I can see. We're superior in almost every… — Cynthia Kenyon Copy Share Image
“With theology as a code of dogmas which are to be believed, or at any rate repeated, under penalty of present or… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
I'm opposed to the death penalty not because I think it's unconstitutional per se-although I think it's been applied in ways that… — Jay Sekulow Copy Share Image
“I have no doubt that we will one day abolish the death penalty in America. It will come sooner if people like… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
“Executing Ted Bundy cost the state of Florida seven or eight million dollars, money that could have been better invested in building… — Gary Lequipe Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of the death penalty. At some level I think killing is wrong, but I don't have sympathy for… — Peter Moskos Copy Share Image
I support the death penalty. I think that it has to be administered not only fairly, with attention to things like DNA… — Al Gore 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
Given my experience, I believe there are three compelling reasons why the death penalty should be replaced. (1) The criminal justice system… — George Gascon Copy Share Image
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