If someone were to say that life at hard labor is as painful as death and therefore equally cruel, I should reply that, taking all the unhappy moments of perpetual slavery together, it is perhaps even more painful, but these moments are spread out over a lifetime, and capital punishment exercises all its power in an instant.
Copy QuotePower is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!
Copy Quote View & SharePower is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Copy Quote View & ShareAll things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
Copy Quote View & ShareBecause power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
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