Mandatory Death Penalty

Famous quotes containing the words mandatory, death and/or penalty:

    “Off south, the bison multiply so fast
    a slaughter’s mandatory every spring
    and every spring the creeks get fat
    and Kicking Horse fills up.”
    —Richard Hugo (1923–1982)

    “We often see malefactors, when they are led to execution, put on resolution and a contempt of death which, in truth, is nothing else but fearing to look it in the face—so that this pretended bravery may very truly be said to do the same good office to their mind that the blindfold does to their eyes.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “It is odd that the NCAA would place a school on probation for driving an athlete to class, or providing a loan, but would have no penalty for a school that violates Title IX, a federal law.”
    —Cardiss L. Collins (b. 1931)