#who

In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#beings #death #excuse #fact #human

You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand. ↗

— Jack Welch

#biggest #cowards #got #know #managers

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law. ↗

— Byron White

#death #death penalty #defendant #deprive #entitled

In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc. ↗

— Edmund White

#betrays #book #boy #case #creepy

I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It was something I'd been missing my whole life. That music made me discard everything else and just get down to the soul and honesty of the blues. ↗

— Jack White

#blew #blues #cream #dabbled #discard

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#choice #chooses #evils #pessimist #two

You know, when I hear music, I just hear the whole thing. ↗

— Meg White

#hear music #i #just #know #music

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ↗

— Reggie White

#carry #god #heaviest #places #those

I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one. ↗