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Noam Chomsky Quote: “There’s a War Crimes Act in…”

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.

September 28, 2021 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

Albert Camus Quote: “For centuries the death penalty, often…”

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.

August 28, 2021 1913, Albert Camus, French, November 7, Quotes by Philosophers

Jan Hus Quote: “I hope, by God’s grace, that…”

I hope, by God’s grace, that I am truly a Christian, not deviating from the faith, and that I would rather suffer the penalty of a terrible death than wish to affirm anything outside of the faith or transgress the commandments of our Lord Jesus Christ.

June 6, 2021 1369, Czechoslovakian, Jan Hus, Quotes by Philosophers

Horace Quote: “Always keep your composure. You can’t…”

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

September 29, 2020 65 BC, Horace, Quotes by Poets, Roman

Wladimir Klitschko Quote: “After Chernobyl, thousands and thousands of…”

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.

August 21, 2020 1976, March 25, Quotes by Leaders, Ukrainian, Wladimir Klitschko

Hesiod Quote: “So the people will pay the…”

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

July 22, 2020 800 BC, Greek, Hesiod, Quotes by Poets

Susan B. Anthony Quote: “The work of woman is not…”

The work of woman is not to lessen the severity or the certainty of the penalty for the violation of the moral law, but to prevent this violation by the removal of the causes which lead to it.

July 9, 2020 1820, American, February 15, Quotes by Activists, Susan B. Anthony

Angela Davis Quote: “Had it not been for slavery…”

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

May 1, 2020 1944, American, Angela Davis, January 26, Quotes by Activists

Muriel Rukeyser Quote: “In our period, they say there…”

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.

April 18, 2020 1913, American, December 15, Muriel Rukeyser, Quotes by Poets

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “No true believer could be intolerant…”

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.

February 3, 2020 1712, French, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, June 28, Quotes by Philosophers

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