"Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of life appear light to them; and it renders life insecure, inasmuch as the law holds out that property is of greater value than life."

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Source : Quoted in Rachel E Cresswell and Katharine Fry Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry (1848).

Elizabeth Fry

#Mean Quotes #Heart Quotes #Insecure Quotes

“I never am really satisfied that I understand anything; because, understand it well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand about the many connections and relations which occur to me, how the matter in question was first thought of or arrived at, etc., etc.”
“History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.”
“All bonafide revolutions are of necessity revolutions of the spirit.”
“I can forgive the body breaking down. It's a little tougher to forgive that mental lapse.”

Source : "Hale Irwin, 66, has 45 years of S.F. history" by Ron Kroichick, www.sfgate.com. October 26, 2011.
“The first black president will be a politician who is black.”
“The saddle is a place for dreaming when there's hours of trail ahead.”
“I will not hesitate. Not for a second.”
“Class is more important than a game.”

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