"I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent effect on murder. In that case, a few executions save not only some people from being murdered but also some people from becoming murders."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

Torbjorn Tannsjo

#Punishment Quotes #People Quotes #Becoming Quotes

“The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.”

Source : Michael Moorcock (2014). “Elric: The Revenge of the Rose”, p.225, Hachette UK
“At the heart of my life is the idea that I don't ever want anything to ever change. That's the basic tenet.”
“In a way, both the U.S. media and those wacky rioters in the Afghan-Pakistani hinterlands are very similar, two highly parochial and monumentally self-absorbed tribes living in isolation from the rest of the world and prone to fanatical irrational indestructible beliefs â€” not least the notion that you can flush a 950-page book down one of Al Gore's eco-crazed federally mandated low-flush toilets, a claim no editorial bigfoot thought to test for himself in Newsweek's executive washroom.”
“I'll invest my money in people.”
“There is a great sense of community within the Montessori classroom, where children of differing ages work together in an atmosphere of cooperation rather than competitiveness. There is respect for the environment and for the individuals within it, which comes through experience of freedom within the community.”
“If all your peers understand what you've done, it's not creative.”
“You people sometimes are like those serial killers you see in films who cut out the words 'I am going to get you' or 'your wife is next'.”
“Seek the best in everyone that you meet. Seek the worst when dealing with yourself.”

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