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)

    “Why wait for Death to mow?
    why wait for Death to sow
    us in the ground?”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “So the people will pay the penalty for their kings’ presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.”
    —Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)