Failure Quote by Terry Pratchett

Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose,…

— Richard Whately

“Success is the prize for those who stand true to their ideas.”

— Josh Hinds

“To this motive which encourages me is added another which made up my mind: after I have upheld, according to my natural intelligence, the…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Eliminating the death penalty...will not hinder the prosecutorial capacity to seek, or the court's ability to impose, 'life without parole' sentences for serious, heinous…

— Scott Harshbarger

If you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don't know what to do next, just stick the ball…

— Bill Shankly

I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society.

— Andrei Sakharov

no study has brought out any solid evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, Amnesty reports that 'the murder rate in states…

— Antoinette Bosco

The penalty of death is the only one that makes an injustice absolutely irreparable; from which it follows that the existence of the death…

— Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet

The main factor in a penalty shootout is luck again. You need to stay calm and focussed but the biggest thing you need is…

— Peter Shilton

The system is not perfect. Until it's perfect, let's do away with the death penalty.

— Kinky Friedman

As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder…

— Howard Dean

Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.

— Bill Parcells