The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself. — Plato Copy Share Image
Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane. — Ron White Copy Share Image
“Life is sometimes like knockout football; if you have no goal, invite penalty!” — Abhijit Kar Gupta Copy Share Image
I grew up in pubs so my whole thing is 'the game happened,' people would go into the pub afterwards and discuss… — Troy Deeney Copy Share Image
There is a penalty for trying to knock down a cockpit door, but it's the people who try to go from coach… — Jay Leno 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
I support the death penalty because I believe, if administered swiftly and justly, capital punishment is a deterrent against future violence and… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll… — Bob Paisley Copy Share Image
I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. — Andrei Sakharov Copy Share Image
I was a supporter and believer in the death penalty, but I've begun to see that this system doesn't work and it… — Gil Garcetti Copy Share Image
Joe Biden cannot leave the lives of those on death row in the hands of future presidents. If he truly opposes the… — Cori Bush 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
I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to. It is a question of sometimes choosing what is -… — Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Capital punishment has probably been responsible for a good deal of human progress. The overwhelming majority of those executed were of the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
I tell myself that I had simply better accept the fact that the death penalty is here to stay in our society,… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
But these days, there's also a strong economic argument for doing away with capital punishment. With California facing its most severe fiscal… — John Van de Kamp Copy Share Image
And so it's no surprise that people who object to the death penalty on pure moral grounds also think it has no… — Cass Sunstein 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
![“I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the infliction of [death] is so plainly doomed to failure that is - and the death penalty - must be abandoned altogether. I may not live to see that day…” quote by Harry A. Blackmun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b56/harry-a-blackmun-19399_abandoned_i-am-more-optimistic-though-that-this-co_2574521.jpg)
