This is the most obscene remark made by a senior politician in recent years and signals a shift to the right of terrifying proportions. If the death
penalty had been in place for the last 30 years, dozens of people, who were later proved innocent, would have been killed. [In response to a Tory MP speaking in favour of the death
penalty]
View quotes by Mark OatenI submit that 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.
View quotes by Martin Luther King JrFor 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.
View quotes by Albert CamusThe death
penalty is becoming a way of life in this country
View quotes by Dennis MillerThis is David expressing a personal view that many people will agree with but it isn't party policy [on David Davis' pro death-
penalty stance]
View quotes by John MajorNo period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the
penalty for it.
View quotes by Alfred North WhiteheadAlways keep your composure. You can't score from the
penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
View quotes by HoraceIf you're in the
penalty area and aren't sure what to do with the ball, just stick it in the net, and we'll discuss your options afterwards.
View quotes by Bill ShanklyI've only taken one
penalty before, for Crystal Palace at Ipswich.
View quotes by Gareth SouthgateFairness is not even an issue [on
penalty taking]
View quotes by Christian KarembeuThere are no opportune times for a
penalty, and this is not one of those times.
View quotes by Jack YoungbloodA
penalty is a cowardly way to score.
View quotes by PeleThe lines marking a
penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a public school.
View quotes by Christopher FryWe're suffering because of what happened against Arsenal... one of my players would have to be hit by an axe to get a
penalty at the moment.
View quotes by Sir Alex FergusonIf we are to abolish the death
penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers.
View quotes by Alphonse KarrIt was my first
penalty miss for England - maybe I've been doing too many adverts with Jonny Wilkinson! [on the miss against Turkey]
View quotes by David BeckhamJoin the club
[to Robbie Fowler after the striker missed a
penalty against Middlesbrough that cost Machester City a European place]
View quotes by Stuart PearceHe was the Fagin of the
penalty area, the arch-pickpocket of goals. [Jimmy Greaves]
View quotes by Geoffrey GreenThey did that because they have so many of them during the season that they had to try something special.
[Man City
penalty mix up]
View quotes by Jose MourinhoLiars pay the
penalty of their own misdeeds
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