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I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as…

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I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the fact that…
But I really think it's a very unfortunate part of our judicial system and I would feel much, much better if more…
Even in high school, a rule that permits only one point of view to be expressed is less likely to produce correct…
To show a well-founded fear of persecution, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or…
Although NFL teams have common interests such as promoting the NFL brand, they are still separate, profit-making entities, and their interests in…
Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual…
As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content…
It might be added that corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires. Corporations help structure and facilitate…
Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement home or…
When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof…
Our love cannot be measured, it just is.
The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.

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The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. — Joseph Addison
When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. — Miguel de Cervantes
I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic,… — Louis Aragon
Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality. — Henry David Thoreau
If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we… — Alphonsus Liguori
Summer has set in with its usual severity. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Summer, as my friend Coleridge waggishly writes, has set in with its usual severity. — Charles Lamb
Never lose your self-respect, nor be too familiar with yourself when you are alone. Let your integrity itself be your own standard… — Baltasar Gracian
Act in such a way that your humility may not be weakness, nor your authority be severity. Justice must be accompanied by… — Pope Gregory I
A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The economic repercussions of a stock market crash depend less on the severity of the crash itself than on the response of… — Ben Bernanke
Punishments of unreasonable severity, especially where indiscriminately afflicted, have less effect in preventing crimes, and amending the manners of a people, than… — William Blackstone

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