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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime… — Hannah Arendt
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various… — Aristotle
Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour
The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called… — Billie Joe Armstrong
For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the… — Karen Armstrong
The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong
Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that before one can… — Karen Armstrong
Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing. — Lance Armstrong
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil Armstrong
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned… — Neil Armstrong
I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. — Desi Arnaz
We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs. — Bashar al-Assad
Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very intimate thing, but… — Kate Atkinson

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