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Penalty Quotes by Harry A. Blackmun
- From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ... I fell morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that…
- I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the infliction of [death]…
- I cannot see any of these death penalty cases where there hasn't been a violation on the ground of either poverty or race. If we…
- From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. For more than 20 years I have endeavored--indeed, I have struggled--along…
- The death penalty experiment has failed.
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- I don't have any authority to talk about the domestic policies of America. But as an outsider, I am mystified by the… — Nick Cave
- Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death… — Yasser Arafat
- I have 3,000 penalty minutes. I don't need people dictating to me how to do my job. — Tie Domi
- If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll… — Bob Paisley
- I'm for a stronger death penalty. — George W. Bush
- The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part… — Elbert Hubbard
- If we refuse our homage to statues and frigid images, the very counterpart of their dead originals, with which hawks, and mice,… — Tertullian
- The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you. — Nancy Astor