Death Penalty Cases

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

“Abba, dark death is the breaking of a glass.
The dazzled flakes and splinters disappear.
The seal is as relaxed as dirt, perdu.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

“The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

“Colonel, never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)