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I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject the notion that…

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We regard as 'scientific' a method based on deep analysis of facts, theories, and views, presupposing unprejudiced, unfearing open discussion and conclusions.…
I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject…
A country which does not respect the rights of its own citizens will not respect the rights of its neighbours
Intellectual freedom is essential -- freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pressure by…
We should not minimize our sacred endeavors in this world, where, like faint glimmers in the dark, we have emerged....
Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct…
I've always thought that the most powerful weapon in the world was the bomb and that's why I gave it to my…
For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is…
In 1947 I defended my thesis on nuclear physics, and in 1948 I was included in a group of research scientists whose…
In and after 1964 when I began to concern myself with the biological issues, and particularly from 1967 onwards, the extent of…
My present work concerns the problems connected with the theory of elementary particles, the theory of gravitation and cosmology and I shall…
Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of…

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Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and-in the eventuality of war-as the devastating force to destroy an enemy's… — Omar N. Bradley
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I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject… — Andrei Sakharov
Judicial execution can never cancel or remove the atrocity it seeks to punish; it can only add a second atrocity to the… — Auberon Waugh
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
The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment… — Thurgood Marshall
If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail… — Unknown Author
The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often. — Edward Abbey
The Federal Budget can and should be made an instrument of prosperity and stability, not a deterrent to recovery. — John F. Kennedy
When men no longer fear God, they transgress His laws without hesitation. The fear of consequences is no deterrent when the fear… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer… — Leonard Ravenhill
One theory is that we will make war look so attractive that we undermine the deterrent. That's Never Never Land. What we… — Henry A. Kissinger

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