Quotes about Penalty

Penalty is different than punishment, because it offers something with which to regain honor. Votes: 3

Penalty shooting is always an uncertain affair because there is a lot of luck involved. Votes: 3

We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it? Votes: 3

I Don't Want To Live Long. I Would Rather Get The Death Penalty Than Spend The Rest Of My Life In Prison Votes: 3

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.' Votes: 3

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 for such a person. Votes: 3

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty. Votes: 1

The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime. Votes: 1

I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty. Votes: 1

I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error. Votes: 1

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score. Votes: 1

The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members. Votes: 1

I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do. Votes: 1

If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers. Votes: 1

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech. Votes: 1

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat. Votes: 1

You pay a certain penalty for going your own way. A lot of people think you're nuts, and you're not as popular with girls as you should be. Votes: 1

You know, the Bible is so clear. Go to Genesis chapter nine and you will find the death penalty clearly stated in Genesis chapter nine... God ordains the death penalty! Votes: 1

My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody. Votes: 1

Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it. These are the best books, the ones with a story and a message. Votes: 1

The five big mistakes in football are the fumble, the interception, the penalty, the badly called play, the blocked punt - and most of these originate with the quarterback. Find a mistake-proof quarterback and you have this game won. Votes: 1

Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia. Votes: 1

I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law. Votes: 1

There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders. Votes: 1

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility. Votes: 1

Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day, but if not, there's no harm, no penalty. We may have better things to do. Votes: 1

I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never get out. They can never escape. They can never be paroled. Lock the bad ones away. But you gotta rethink everybody else. Votes: 1

Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of most within it to do justice. And this fallibility is, at the end of the day, the most compelling, persuasive, and winning argument against a death penalty. Votes: 1

Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol - don't come to Texas. If you don't like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don't move to California. Votes: 1

The death penalty issue is obviously a divisive one. But whether one is for or against, you can not deny the basic illogic - if we know the system is flawed, if we know there are innocent people on Death Row, then until the system is reformed, should we not abandon the death penalty to protect those who are innocent? Votes: 1

We as Americans believe it's OK to kill people. We believe it's OK to invade a country that had nothing to do with 9/11. We think it's OK to invade a country where we think Osama Bin Laden is and he's in the other country. So we just go in and we just kill. And we have the death penalty; we sanction it. Votes: 1

I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back in the 1840s. We have never had, as a state, the death penalty in Michigan. I was raised with that, and even Republicans in Michigan, nobody would even think of putting a measure on the ballot to have the death penalty. Votes: 1

The death penalty experiment has failed. Votes: 0

Remember, the death penalty is murder. Votes: 0

Law without penalty is only advise. Votes: 0

I'm for a stronger death penalty. Votes: 0

Taxes are a penalty on progress. Votes: 0

I believe in the death penalty. Votes: 0

I am against the death penalty. Votes: 0

Your best penalty killer is your goalie. Votes: 0

The death penalty makes us all murderers. Votes: 0

The penalty of greatness is to write autographs. Votes: 0

Indifference and inaction must always pay a penalty. Votes: 0

I'm actually really opposed to the death penalty. Votes: 0

A penalty is a cowardly way to score. Votes: 0

Staying out of the penalty box will really help. Votes: 0

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal. Votes: 0

Fairness is not even an issue [on penalty taking] Votes: 0

Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward. Votes: 0

That was never a penalty in a million planets. Votes: 0

My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded. Votes: 0

The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent. Votes: 0

I am not anti-death penalty, but I'm damned sure anti-the-wrong-guy-getting-executed. Votes: 0

No true love there can be without Its dread penalty--jealousy. Votes: 0

True repentance hates the sin, and not merely the penalty; Votes: 0

God in His law requires the death penalty for homosexuals. Votes: 0

The death penalty is reserved for people who do not Votes: 0

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty. Votes: 0

I think the death penalty's easier than life in prison, Votes: 0

If failure had no penalty success would not be a prize. Votes: 0

High School is the penalty for transgressions yet to be specified. Votes: 0

Corporeal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty. Votes: 0

Fear is the penalty of consciousness forced to stare at itself. Votes: 0

The penalty for a long life is increasing resistance to change. Votes: 0

First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty. Votes: 0

Nonviolence implies voluntary submission to the penalty for non-co-operation with evil. Votes: 0

How can anyone be against abortion but for the death penalty Votes: 0

That was the perfect penalty - apart from he missed it. Votes: 0

The best place to defend is in the opposition penalty box. Votes: 0

I support the death penalty and will continue to do that. Votes: 0

We need to acknowledge that the death penalty is broken beyond repair. Votes: 0

It is axiomatic: When there is no penalty for failure, failures proliferate. Votes: 0

Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination. Votes: 0

Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons. Votes: 0

If you're stealing a television, that should not be the death penalty. Votes: 0

I'm excited we can be part of making the death penalty history. Votes: 0

You don't want to be giving away free-kicks in the penalty area... Votes: 0

The death penalty is becoming a way of life in this country. Votes: 0

Fame is the penalty of success. Jealousy is the penalty of fame. Votes: 0

He didn't give the penalty but I've seen them given for worse Votes: 0

There are simply some laws we must transgress, no matter the penalty. Votes: 0

You can't reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty. Votes: 0

The death penalty doesn't need your assent to continue ... it needs your indifference. Votes: 0

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed. Votes: 0

I have evolved to where I don't think the death penalty is effective. Votes: 0

The penalty for exceeding the time limit is the forfeiture of the game. Votes: 0

We are not allowed to have hearts, under penalty of being hooted down. Votes: 0

People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty. Votes: 0

The penalty for planting the wrong thing in the wrong place is death. Votes: 0

McVeigh's lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done. Votes: 0

When he takes a penalty, Graham Alexander turns his foot into a spatula-type device Votes: 0

You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you. Votes: 0

I still trust my penalty sytem and will be there when I'll be needed. Votes: 0

Homicide's illegal and death is the penalty What justifies the homicide when he dies? Votes: 0

I think more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty. Votes: 0

Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact. Votes: 0

I believe that the death penalty is the ultimate deterrent to violent crime...period. Votes: 0

In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for this own misdeeds. Votes: 0

The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery. Votes: 0

[I support] term limits for career politicians and the death penalty for career politicians. Votes: 0

Kids. They're not easy, but there has to be some penalty for having sex. Votes: 0

The penalty for getting the woman you want is that you must keep her. Votes: 0

The attorney general doesn't favor one method or the other, he favors the death penalty. Votes: 0

Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane. Votes: 0

Attempted murder should carry the same penalty as first-degree murder. Otherwise, you're simply rewarding incompetence. Votes: 0

When anybody and everybody registers to vote, they do so under the penalty of perjury. Votes: 0

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals? Votes: 0

I want to accelerate, not slow down, the enforcement of the death penalty in Florida. Votes: 0

Your power play can win you games, and your penalty killers can save you games. Votes: 0

The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man. Votes: 0

The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you. Votes: 0

The system is not perfect. Until it's perfect, let's do away with the death penalty. Votes: 0

There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times. Votes: 0

I have 3,000 penalty minutes. I don't need people dictating to me how to do my job. Votes: 0

The death penalty is inhumane... whether that person is in a [jail] or it's bin Laden. Votes: 0

Yes, I support the death penalty. It is an issue that cannot be fudged or hedged. Votes: 0

I'm very glad that [the death penalty] hasn't existed for many years in the U.K. Votes: 0

a loss of sensibility follows a loss of innocence, at once a penalty and a compensation. Votes: 0

The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you. Votes: 0

If Kyle Korver blocks your shot there should be a penalty box you should go to! Votes: 0

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself. Votes: 0

The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you. Votes: 0

Given the irreversibility of the death penalty, the possibility of a wrongful conviction can never be overstated Votes: 0

Most conservatives also believe in the death penalty, but not abortion, which proves they like to procrastinate. Votes: 0

Obligation is a more effective weapon against the Will than any penalty, threat or act of force. Votes: 0

I don't know why Glenn Murray took the penalty. I suppose because he is our penalty taker. Votes: 0

It is proper that we acknowledge the overwhelming weight of international opinion against the juvenile death penalty. Votes: 0

At the cross in holy love God through Christ paid the full penalty of our disobedience himself. Votes: 0

As a Christian, as an individual, as a doctor, I am absolutely opposed to the death penalty. Votes: 0

When the SEC needs to be deterring corporate wrongdoing, the 'penalty pilot' program sends the wrong message. Votes: 0

The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a public school. Votes: 0

May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world. Votes: 0

Dell is to a degree in the penalty box because expectations and probable results have gotten ratcheted down. Votes: 0

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself. Votes: 0

I am passionately opposed to the death penalty for anyone . . . I think, myself, that it is an obscenity . . . Votes: 0

Nine-tenths of our measures for preventing vice are really protective towards it, because they ward off the penalty. Votes: 0

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more. Votes: 0

Now I am dedicating that life to campaigning against the death penalty and raising awareness about human rights. Votes: 0

Only the doctor and the judge have the right to inflict the death penalty without receiving the same. Votes: 0

For me the hardest struggle in my faith life was the Catholic Church is against the death penalty. Votes: 0

I was badly mauled by people in New York State for being against the death penalty for 12 years. Votes: 0

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score. Votes: 0

Jesus has borne the death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder! There He hang upon the cross! Votes: 0

Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment. Votes: 0

I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row. Votes: 0

Conformity will be the only virtue and any man who refuses to conform will have to pay the penalty. Votes: 0

Ryan Baker sustained a penalty of play, and we withheld him from play today based on the rules violation. Votes: 0

One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. Votes: 0

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished. Votes: 0

I support guns and I support the death penalty. Half of my interviews are convincing liberals they're not liberal. Votes: 0

That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness - someone else always suffers for them. Votes: 0

The penalty for getting mugged in an American city and losing your ID is that you can't fly home. Votes: 0

I'm for the death penalty, I'm pro-abortion, I'm pro-assisted suicide, I'm pro-regular suicide. Anything that'll get the traffic moving. Votes: 0

I think [the death penalty is] very expensive, and the delays are inordinate, delaying closure for the victims' families. Votes: 0

The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often. Votes: 0

Now let me get this straight. Bush is anti-abortion, but pro-death penalty. I guess it's all in the timing, huh? Votes: 0

When you go into extra time, we're talking about drama. But when we reach the penalty shootout, it's a tragedy. Votes: 0

The joy of seeing Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only superseded by the joy of a good penalty save. Votes: 0

It's very rare that someone gets the death penalty for charges of conspiracy, for his influence, for his Svengali-Rasputin act. Votes: 0

OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury. Votes: 0

That is the creative artist - a penalty of the creative artist - wanting to make order out of chaos. Votes: 0

I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness. Votes: 0

The death penalty symbolizes whom we fear and don't fear, whom we care about and whose lives are not valid. Votes: 0

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box. Votes: 0

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box Votes: 0

Standing alone among great democratic nations in imposing the death penalty is another moral decision that Americansare being forced to confront. Votes: 0

Join the club. (to Robbie Fowler after the striker missed a penalty against Middlesbrough that cost Man City a European place) Votes: 0

I can't talk politics with my cousin because he's such a hypocrite. He's against the death penalty and he hanged himself. Votes: 0

I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools... Votes: 0

This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at a lot. I understand the emotionality of death penalty cases. Votes: 0

You see,' [Armand] said, 'killing other vampires is very exciting; that is why it is forbidden under penalty of death. Votes: 0

My main area of activism is the death penalty, and it will continue to be once this crisis is over with. Votes: 0

When God saves us through Christ, He not only saves us from the penalty of sin, but also from its dominion. Votes: 0

The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. Votes: 0

Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death. Votes: 0

Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty. Votes: 0

As the Palestinian leadership never seems to pay any penalty for its words, America's seriousness about the peace process is in doubt. Votes: 0

One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty. Votes: 0

I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us. Votes: 0

Man the law-giver will have to pay a dreadful penalty for the degradation he has imposed upon the so called weaker sex. Votes: 0

'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death. Votes: 0

The words, 'penalty,' 'restrict' and 'violate' appeared more times in President Clinton's health care reform bill than in his crime bill. Votes: 0

Beauty was not everything. Beauty had this penalty — it came too readily, came too completely. It stilled life — froze it. Votes: 0

I haven't committed all the crimes in my movies, I would have gotten the death penalty many years ago if I had. Votes: 0

Paris Hilton got 45 days in jail. A lot of people were upset about this - they were hoping for the death penalty. Votes: 0

I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt. Votes: 0

Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is. Votes: 0

If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers. Votes: 0

If the law imposed the death penalty for parking tickets, we'd not only have fewer parking tickets, we'd also have much less driving. Votes: 0

The court was not previously aware of the prisoner's many accomplishments. In view of these, we see fit to impose the death penalty. Votes: 0

When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time. Votes: 0

To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing ... Votes: 0

Prosecutors must reveal the dirty little secret they too often share only among themselves: The death penalty actually hinders the fight against crime. Votes: 0

The hairsplitting difference between formed and unformed makes no difference to us. Whoever deliberately commits abortion is subject to the penalty for homicide. Votes: 0

Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin. Votes: 0

I know about the rules but this should not be a red card for the keeper. Arsenal was punished enough with the penalty. Votes: 0

What do I think of the reverse sweep? It's like Manchester United getting a penalty and Bryan Robson taking it with his head Votes: 0

[Conservative talk radio hosts] have conned the American people into thinking there is such a thing as a pro-life, pro-war, pro-gun, pro-death penalty Christian. Votes: 0

I find that students are very strong on my issues, stronger than anyone: anti-death penalty, anti-racial profiling, campaign finance reform, questioning the anti-terrorism bill. Votes: 0

If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around the corner. Votes: 0

I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate. Votes: 0

My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this. Votes: 0

The Affordable Care Act's requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax. Votes: 0

I am pro-death penalty, but not an enthusiastic death-penalty person. I think there's a place for it, that it should serve as a deterrent. Votes: 0

Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world. Votes: 0

At some point in this death-penalty debate, the sanctity of innocent life demands that men and women of conservative conscience have to say: Enough. Votes: 0

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty. Votes: 0

As long as I'm not taking a penalty we will be OK. But if it's like two years ago I will need a doctor. Votes: 0

Every manager would like to see a match decided in 90 minutes. Because I don't think there's any way you can prepare for penalty kicks. Votes: 0

PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude. Votes: 0

We have a legal system, and we have a penal code. We have the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, and people should respect this. Votes: 0

In Alabama this would be a capital case, and if we don't get justice in Australia we're going to pursue the death penalty here Votes: 0

It is well-nigh obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinities with murderers than those who oppose it. Votes: 0

I stood up to the liberal elite when they came to our state (Alabama) and tried to eliminate the death penalty, we won, they lost. Votes: 0

Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. Votes: 0

There is a place in the net where the keeper cannot reach the ball. The problem is the pressure you feel in a penalty shootout. Votes: 0

After Chernobyl, thousands and thousands of people, if not millions, were given a death penalty and had to pay the price, our father among them. Votes: 0

There's a second life involved. No matter what your position is on abortion or the death penalty, you shouldn't put a pregnant woman to death. Votes: 0

In Christ alone, and His payment of the penalty for our sins upon the Cross, we find reconciliation to God and ultimate meaning and purpose. Votes: 0

I agree with Thomas Jefferson, who once wrote that he would support the death penalty only when the infallibility of human judgment had been demonstrated. Votes: 0

The main factor in a penalty shootout is luck again. You need to stay calm and focussed but the biggest thing you need is luck. Votes: 0

It's a fundamental aspect of the free enterprise system and economics: If there's no penalty associated with increased costs, why not lay on increased costs? Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty Votes: 0

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 discuss the options later. Votes: 0

Any effort... to make the obscure obvious is likely to be unappealing, for the penalty of failure is confusion while the reward of success is banality. Votes: 0

What we've seen this season is that if something that will enhance performance is available, some players will indulge... unless the penalty is an absolute deterrent. Votes: 0

Our ideas must agree with realities, be such realities concrete or abstract, be they facts or be they principles, under penalty of endless inconsistency and frustration. Votes: 0

Conservatives should question how the death penalty actually works in order to stay true to small government, reduction in wasteful spending, and respect for human life. Votes: 0

In Texas, we have the death penalty, and we use it. That's right. If you come to Texas and kill somebody, we will kill you back. Votes: 0

It's a phony issue. To pretend the death penalty is going to end crime in the United States is to fool people, to promote public ignorance. Votes: 0

The death penalty can be tolerated only by extreme statist reactionaries who demand a state that is so powerful that it has the right to kill. Votes: 0

I am sorry my life is so marred and maimed by extravagance. But I cannot live otherwise. I, at any rate, pay the penalty of suffering. Votes: 0

True repentance hates the sin, and not merely the penalty; and it hates the sin most of all because it has discovered and felt God's love. Votes: 0

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. Votes: 0

The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence for life. Votes: 0

No effect occurs without cause, and no cause occurs without effect. No unjust action goes without penalty, and no action or thought flows unnoticed throughout the universe. Votes: 0

No cause occurs without effect, and no effect occurs without cause. No unjust action goes without penalty, and no action or thought flows unnoticed throughout the universe. Votes: 0

I think we make our own hell down here during our life times- the penalty for not being true; the punishment for fear; we suffer the consequences Votes: 0

My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty. Votes: 0

I support the death penalty because I believe, if administered swiftly and justly, capital punishment is a deterrent against future violence and will save other innocent lives. Votes: 0

Today the House has a chance to give 25 million married couples the best Valentine's Day gift possible, elimination from the most unfair of taxes, the marriage tax penalty. Votes: 0

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population. Votes: 0

I think a lot of people view the death penalty as a debate class or something. The cost and what's at stake is really, really a big deal. Votes: 0

Past: Jesus saved us from the penalty of sin. Present: He saves us from the power of sin. Future: He will save us from the presence of sin. Votes: 0

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 our law-abiding citizens. Votes: 0

If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in our country is unjust and outdated. Votes: 0

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, which is to deter. Votes: 0

I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States. Votes: 0

Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it. Votes: 0

If you default on your Visa bill, nobody comes to repossess your refrigerator or auction off your shoes. The biggest penalty you'll face is trouble getting future credit. Votes: 0

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 crimes and criminals. Votes: 0

The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law. Votes: 0

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 a message to society. Votes: 0

I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he fled, [because] that is what he faced. Votes: 0

Since the boss said I would play, I've been thinking I should kiss the penalty spot, the grass and the post. I think every Liverpool player should do that. Votes: 0

The death penalty only should be - if you agree with it, which I don't, only allowed for murder. You have to murder someone to get the death penalty. Votes: 0

There is a penalty for trying to knock down a cockpit door, but it's the people who try to go from coach to 1st class they really beat up. Votes: 0

Those who come forward will not be offered an automatic pass to citizenship and should be expected to pay a substantial fine or penalty to participate in the temporary program. Votes: 0

The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people. Votes: 0

Hollywood doesn't believe in the death penalty for anyone except people who get cable TV without paying for it. Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing. Votes: 0

Society is responsible for its social organization, and if it can't provide the wherewithal for men to be gainfully employed then it should pay the penalty and give them welfare. Votes: 0

death must no longer be either the penalty for prosperity or the consolation of misery. God did not destine it to be either the punishment or the compensation for life ... Votes: 0

In every race there is a crucial moment when the body wants to quit. Then it needs imagination and mental tenacuty to survive the crisis. Otherwise the penalty is defeat. Votes: 0

The [abortion] excommunication affects all those who commit this crime with knowledge of the penalty attached, and thus includes those accomplices without which the crime would not have been committed. Votes: 0

If the penalty for hiring illegals is just a fine, it becomes a business decision. But if the penalty is jail time, illegal immigration will come to a screeching halt. Votes: 0

Truth is the hardest substance in the world to pin down. But the one certainty is the awesome penalty exacted sooner or later from a society whose reporters stop trying. Votes: 0

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 not penalty for breaking it. Votes: 0

From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ... I fell morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed. Votes: 0

Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis. Votes: 0

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 not penalty for breaking it Votes: 0

Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player. play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do. Votes: 0

"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- liberation from the power of sin." Votes: 0

...the counsels of the Divine Mind had some glimpse of truth when they said that men are born in order to suffer the penalty for sins committed in a former life. Votes: 0

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the least act of injustice against the obscurest individual without having to pay the penalty for it. Votes: 0

I wonder if these death penalty proponents would still hold that it's worth some risk of error if it were their loved one who was murdered by the state, though innocent. Votes: 0

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment. Votes: 0

The biggest government waste: The death penalty. An individual death-penalty case could climb to $100 million, much of it spent at the litigation level. Also, DNA evidence has exonerated nearly 300 death-row inmates. Votes: 0

It should be clear that the death penalty does just the opposite of promoting decency and respect for life. It dehumanizes people and promotes murder. It can never be applied fairly. Votes: 0

Sidney Crosby, our greatest player, I don't want to see Sidney Crosby in the penalty box. I don't want to see Sidney Crosby hurt. I want to see Sidney Crosby play. Votes: 0

The government considers the aborting of innocent unborn children a natural right. Yet, there is widespread debate still about whether the death penalty for convicted murderers is "cruel and unusual punishment." Votes: 0

As a member of the New York Senate from 1966 to 1989, I voted 12 times to establish the death penalty in New York... I regret my votes in favor of the death penalty. Votes: 0

When a law enforcement officer apprehends an illegal immigrant, it makes no sense to simply release that individual who has been breaking our laws with no threat of sanction or penalty. Votes: 0

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 costs an obscene amount of money. Votes: 0

He pivoted on one buttock and broke wind. Dukhi leaned back to allow it free passage, wondering what penalty might adhere to the offence of interfering with the waft of brahminical flatus. Votes: 0

It is time for conservatives to do what they do best and insist that a wasteful, inefficient government program gets off the books. Small government and the death penalty don't go together. Votes: 0

In both its precepts and penalty, the law of God in its most exacting requirements was fulfilled by Jesus. And He did this in our place as our representative and our substitute. Votes: 0

I don't have any personal upset at the death penalty as an abstraction, What I do realize is how many mistakes can be made with the way things are being done now. Votes: 0

The death penalty is used in such a blatantly racist way in the United States. There is no way that can be defended under any kind of definition of justice by anybody. Votes: 0

Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but also in some cases upon defendants who are actually innocent. Votes: 0

In Israel, the maximum legal penalty for denying the existence of God is one year in prison, while the punishment for denying the existence of the Holocaust is up to five years' imprisonment. Votes: 0

There is a strong religious commitment to the sanctity of human life, but, paradoxically, some of the most fervent protectors of microscopic stem cells are the most ardent proponents of the death penalty. Votes: 0

The death penalty? Give me a break. It's easy. Abortion? Absolutely easy. Nobody ever thought the Constitution prevented restrictions on abortion. Homosexual sodomy? Come on. For 200 years, it was criminal in every state. Votes: 0

Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience. Votes: 0

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 seen any research that would substantiate that point. Votes: 0

Yes, I want money more than anything else in the world." "Then you've made the only choice. But there's a penalty attached, as there is to most things you want. It's loneliness. Votes: 0

I don't think you should support the death penalty to seek revenge. I don't think that's right. I think the reason to support the death penalty is because it saves other people's lives. Votes: 0

It's fear, Jack. The man deals with a huge amount of fear.' Because he got hurt?' No, not entirely. Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination. Votes: 0

As a result of grace, we have been saved from sin’s penalty. One day we will be saved from sin’s presence. In the meantime we are being saved from sin’s power. Votes: 0

Let parents who hate their offspring rear them to hate labor, and to inherit riches; and before long they will be stung by every vice, racked by its poison, and damned by its penalty. Votes: 0

The next time I date someone, I want a signed Affidavit with a penalty for perjury stating that there is no one else in his life, and that it is over with his ex. Votes: 0

The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon the poor, the ignorant and the underprivileged members of society. Votes: 0

When anybody and everybody registers to vote, they do so under the penalty of perjury. They're signing a contract that they are 18 years of age or older and they're citizens of the United States. Votes: 0

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another. Votes: 0

Good Christian people, here lies for you an inestimable loan; take all heed thereof, in all carefulness, employ it: with high recompense, or else with heavy penalty, will it one day be required back. Votes: 0

Jesus didn't come to save us just from the penalty of our sins; he came to save us from our sins - now, today, if we will only respond to the challenge and let him. Votes: 0

Legislation to create a new 10 percent tax bracket, reduce the marriage penalty, cut the tax rate on dividends and capital gains, and increase the child tax credit have been essential elements in this economic expansion. Votes: 0

The sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself. Votes: 0

The movement to abolish the death penalty needs the religious community because the heart of religion is about compassion, human rights, and the indivisible dignity of each human person made in the image of God. Votes: 0

The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed. Votes: 0

In Europe, when tobacco was first introduced, it was immediately banned. In Turkey, if you got caught with tobacco, you had your nose slit. China and Russia imposed the death penalty for possession of tobacco. Votes: 0

When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage. Votes: 0

I don't want to put one innocent person to death to put 99 that are guilty to death. So philosophically I'm a tooth-for-tooth guy, but the reality is the death penalty as public policy is flawed. Votes: 0

I don't believe in the death penalty. I believe that there are other people as we speak right now in prison, wrongfully accused, who could serve such a fate. That is injustice at its greatest. Votes: 0

We want to go in for suffering, and there may be torture. If we put the women in front the Government may hesitate to inflict on us all the penalty that they might otherwise inflict. Votes: 0

The man who reads everything is like the man who eats everything: he can digest nothing, and the penalty of crowding one's mind with other men's thoughts is to have no thoughts of one's own. Votes: 0

In ten Muslim countries you can get the death penalty just for being gay. If they were chopping the heads off of gay people in the Vatican, wouldn't there be a greater outcry among liberals? Votes: 0

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 to human rights doesn't find the death penalty an obscenity. Votes: 0