#penalty

But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#death-penalty #punishment #the-last-day-of-a-condemned-man #vengeance #victor-hugo

The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent. ↗

— Lou Brock

#message #penalty #sent

First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#death #death penalty #deter #does #first

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. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#devil #either #enjoy #fat #get

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. ↗

— Jerry Weller

#chance #couples #day #elimination #gift

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. ↗

— Roger Wicker

#bracket #capital #capital gains #child #create

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

— Jack Youngblood

#penalty #those #times

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it. ↗

— John Grisham

#around #compelling #death #death penalty #first

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. ↗

— John Grisham

#bad #death #death penalty #else #escape

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

— Horace

#box #composure #keep #penalty #score