The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime--for a second crime is every day committed at the foot of the scaffold.

Create free wallpaper (Make a wallpaper or screensaver out of this quote with your image)

The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime--for a second crime is every day committed at the foot of the scaffold. - Marquis de Sade

---

Related Authors
Auguste Comte | Jean Rostand | Michel Foucault | Jacques Derrida | Amartya Sen | Arthur Schopenhauer | Alice Munro | Edmund Wilson |

Related Quotes

Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.

Ram Dass

Busy Holding Onto Problem

---

If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do.

Joss Whedon

Nothing Matters What

---

Never be afraid of not knowing. Find out.

Lauryn Hill

Never Afraid Education Knowing

---

With our love, we could save the world.

George Harrison

Love Save World We

---

Pray, and let God worry.

Martin Luther

Pray Let God Worry

---

In my dictionary, 'can't' doesn't exist.

Folorunsho Alakija

My Dictionary Exist Can't

---

Don’t push your unhappiness on others.

Noble Igwe

Don't push Your unhappiness

---

Where words fail, music speaks.

H.C. Andersen

Words Fail Music Speaks

---

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

Frederick Douglass

Demand Did Never Nothing

---

Cut out the noise, focus on doing the right thing, making an impact on opening doors for others to come.

Uche Eze Pedro

Noise Impact Inspiring Right

---

I am my favorite work of art

Regina Daniels

My favorite Work of art

---

Love is the root of all joy and sorrow.

Meister Eckhart

Love Root Joy Sorrow

---

The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime--for a second crime is every day committed at the foot of the scaffold. - Meister Eckhart quotes