#penal

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 the law. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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One who breaks an unjust 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. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#arouse #breaks #community #conscience #expressing

I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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In our period, they say there is free speech. They say there is no penalty for poets, There is no penalty for writing poems. They say this. This is the penalty. ↗

— Muriel Rukeyser

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

— George Ryan

#death #death penalty #error #i #margin

More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty. ↗

— Jerry Weller

#death penalty #effective #enforcement #more #penalty

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. ↗

— Antonin Scalia

#adopt #again #bring #citizens #constitution

The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime. ↗

— Bobby Scott

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There are not many times when I get nervous, but I do a little bit with penalties. ↗

— Alan Shearer

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You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and the television cameras, it's completely different. ↗

— Alan Shearer

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