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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
by L. Neil Smith (Writer, American , born in 1946) keywords: amendment, any, appointed, caught, constitutional, death, elected, government, hanging, level, lying, member, official, propose, providing, public, punishment, reason , shall All persons harboring or secreting the conspirators or aiding their concealment or escape, will be treated as accomplices in the murder of the President and shall be subject to trial before a military commission, and the punishment of death.
by Edwin M. Stanton (Lawyer, American , born in 1814) keywords: accomplices, before, commission, concealment, conspirators, death, escape, military, murder, persons, president, punishment, secreting, shall, subject, their, treated, trial , will Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility.
by Thomas Szasz (Psychologist, American , born in 1920) topics: Society keywords: among, because, collective, creates, democratic, distinctions, guilt, individual, meaningful, meaningless, men, mind, moral, now, odious, prefer, punishment, responsibility, unfashionable , which The word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation.
by Tom Tancredo (Politician, American , born in 1945) keywords: deportation, here, illegally, nobody, punishment, see, use, wants , word Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than countries that do not, so that makes sense to me, and the moral question - I struggle with it morally.
by Charlize Theron (Actor, South African , born in 1975) keywords: capital, countries, crime, higher, makes, moral, morally, much, murder, punishment, question, rate, sense, states, struggle, than , which The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among all classes of citizens and that all alike shall be subject to the same punishment.
by Lyman Trumbull (Politician, American , born in 1813) keywords: alike, among, anyone, bill, citizens, civil, classes, confers, declares, equality, neither, nor, punishment, rights, same, shall, simply , subject And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory.
by Benjamin Tucker (Activist, American , born in 1854) keywords: act, capital, defensive, however, ignorance, ineffective, least, may, punishment, resorted, strictly, theory, through , whatever I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what principle of human society these assertions are based and justified.
by Benjamin Tucker (Activist, American , born in 1854) keywords: also, assertions, based, capital, form, human, justified, know, murder, principle, punishment, seen, should, society, stated, these, upon , worst There is no greater glory than love, nor any great punishment than jealously.
by Lope de Vega (Playwright, Spanish , born in 1562) keywords: any, glory, great, greater, jealously, love, nor, punishment , than As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: approving, blame, encourage, fear, kill, killers, know, least, men, punishment, smiles, soon , without If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service.
by Ida B. Wells (Activist, American , born in 1862) keywords: american, any, arouse, citizen, conscience, contribute, demand, done, every, feel, justice, law, lawless, proving, punishment, race, same, service, shall, time, toward, way , work What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
by Ida B. Wells (Activist, American , born in 1862) keywords: accusing, becomes, capital, crime, deserving, matter, moment, negro, party, punishment, small, tables, turned , woman A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
by Oscar Wilde (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: before, dawn, dreamer, find, his, moonlight, only, punishment, rest, sees, way , world
