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One area of law more than any other besmirches the constitutional vision of human dignity. . . . The barbaric death penalty violates our Constitution.…

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Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow…
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit…
Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause.
Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest.
Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to…
If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the…
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an…
Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but…
The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's…
With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the…
At bottom, the battle has been waged on moral grounds. The country has debated whether a society for which the dignity of…
It is tempting to pretend that minorities on death row share a fate in no way connected to our own, that our…

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May we ever watch over one another, assisting in times of need. Let us not be critical and judgmental, but let us… — Thomas S. Monson
I wasn't trying to be different; I just did what I liked. Don't misunderstand when I say I really had no particular… — Gordon Willis
One area of law more than any other besmirches the constitutional vision of human dignity. . . . The barbaric death penalty… — William J. Brennan
The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in… — Frank Shorter
...tapping into the essence of originating Spirit, emulating the attributes of the creative force of intention, and manifesting into your life anything… — Wayne Dyer
A life sentence without parole protects public safety while sparing us the barbarity of killing our own. It teaches our children that… — Mike Farrell
We cannot carry the gospel to the poor and lowly while emulating the practices of the rich and powerful. We’ve been invited… — Jen Hatmaker
The whole idea of rock and roll lifestyle is a cartoon. It's a caricature. And at times, it's made up of people… — Paul Stanley
When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people… — Jack White
Great art does not break with the past. It breaks with the present by emulating the best of the past. — Walter Darby Bannard
People are still emulating the old fashioned criminal. — Shia LaBeouf
As a child. I grew up on a small farm, so I did a lot of drawings of animals, chickens and people.… — Joyce Carol Oates

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