Penalties Quotes

409 Penalties quotes by 299 unique authors

It must be obvious that liberty necessarily means freedom to choose foolishly as well as wisely; freedom to choose evil as well as good; freedom… — Ben Moreell
Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs, Pro-Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Guns, Pro-Torture, Pro-Land Mines, AND still call yourself 'Pro-Life.' — John Fugelsang
Remember, the death penalty is murder. — Robert Drew
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace.....Treat all men alike. Give them all the same… — Chief Joseph
If a Muslim becomes a non-Muslim and propagates his/her new religion, then it is as good as treason. There is a Death Penalty in Islam… — Zakir Naik
The gas-cylinders had by this time been put into position on the front line. A special order came round imposing severe penalties on anyone who… — Robert Graves
In a bygone era, penalty-takers would put their laces through the ball and threaten to put a permanent bulge in the netting. For reasons that… — Pete Gill
No regrets, none at all. My only regret is that we went out on penalties. That's my only regret but no, no regrets. — Mick McCarthy
That was never a penalty in a million planets. — Alan McInally
I care so deeply about this matter that I'm willing to take on the legal penalties, to sit in this prison cell, to sacrifice my… — Mahatma Gandhi
The death penalty is a poor person's issue. Always remember that: after all the rhetoric that goes on in the legislative assemblies, in the end,… — Helen Prejean
When people of color are killed in the inner city, when homeless people are killed, when the "nobodies" are killed, district attorneys do not seek… — Helen Prejean
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… — Andrei Sakharov
I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a country [USA] that's so committed… — Desmond Tutu
I was a supporter and believer in the death penalty, but I've begun to see that this system doesn't work and it isn't functional. It… — Gil Garcetti
By reserving the penalty of death for black defendants, or for the poor, or for those convicted of killing white persons, we perpetrate the ugly… — Joseph Lowery
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns less on the… — Gerald Heaney
I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Society may protect itself without putting a human to death as it would a wild animal. Since we believe each person has a soul, and… — Richard Viguerie
"Salvation is always "good news." It is news of God's love and forgiveness-adoption into His family- fellowship with His people-freedom from the penalty of sin-… — Billy Graham
I am in favour of capital punishment if the execution of the sentence is immediate. The purpose of the death penalty is to send out… — Ujjwal Nikam
I am afraid that it would be a mockery of justice if the death penalty is not imposed. And therefore I pleaded that there are… — Ujjwal Nikam
There has never been any evidence that the death penalty reduces capital crimes or that crimes increased when executions stopped. Tragic mistakes are prevalent...It is… — Jimmy Carter
The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal process... Where the… — Ban Ki-moon
I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an error of justice,… — Albert Einstein

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