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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.… — William J. Brennan
A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at… — Warren E. Burger
Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. — George Ryan
Fear comes with imagination, it’s a penalty, it’s the price of imagination. — Thomas Harris
Women with women. Men with men. They committed indecent acts with one another. And they received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. They're… — Phil Robertson
At the cross in holy love God through Christ paid the full penalty of our disobedience himself. He bore the judgment we deserve in order… — John Stott
I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness. — W.C. Fields
When the penalty for a policeman's mistake is to put a criminal back out on the street, then we are hurting America; we are hurting… — Gary Bauer
Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment. — Bill Parcells
I Don't Want To Live Long. I Would Rather Get The Death Penalty Than Spend The Rest Of My Life In Prison — Theodore Kaczynski
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps,… — Philip Kaufman
I don't like the subtle infiltration of 'something for nothing' philosophies into the very hearthstone of the American family. I believe that 'Thou shalt earn… — Branch Rickey
I have inquired for most of my adult life about studies that might show that the death penalty is a deterrent. And I have not… — Janet Reno
One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is… — Roy Barnes
I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the… — Albert Pierrepoint
That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness - someone else always suffers for them. — Alfred Sutro
As the world continues to turn away from the use of the death penalty, it is a glaring anomaly that China, Saudi Arabia, Iran and… — Irene Khan
Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt. — William Ernest Hocking
The death penalty experiment has failed. — Harry A. Blackmun
The Cross is not simply a lovely example of sacrificial love. Throwing your life away needlessly is not admirable — it is wrong. Jesus’ death… — Timothy Keller
I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools... — Claude McKay
If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers. — Alphonse Karr
REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned . . . .… — Ambrose Bierce
PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude. — Ambrose Bierce
Your power play can win you games, and your penalty killers can save you games. — Unknown Author

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