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“God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires.”

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Edwin Louis Cole was an individual active in the 20th century, whose profession and category remain unknown. Born in 1922 and passed away on August 27, 2002, the details of his life and specific contributions are limited. more

“Do I need to argue to Your Honor that cruelty only breeds cruelty? That hatred only causes hatred; that if there is any way to soften this human heart which is hard enough at its best, if there is any way to kill evil and hatred and all that goes with it, it is not through evil and hatred and cruelty; it is through charity, and love, and understanding?”

Source: Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom

“The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence for life.”

Mean Shows Civilized Reverence Penalties Death Penalty Life Death Abolition Civilized Society Reverence For Life

Author:Desmond Tutu

“In all religions, we make a choice about what we emphasize, and I choose to come down on the side of a loving God.”

Choices Sides Death Penalty Loving God

Book:Hard Questions, Heart Answers

Source: Hard Questions, Heart Answers

“Standing alone among great democratic nations in imposing the death penalty is another moral decision that Americansare being forced to confront.”

Nations Decision Moral Standing Democratic Penalties Death Penalty Imposing Standing Alone Moral Decisions

Book:Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis

Source: Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis

“The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's humanity. The most vile murder does not, in my view, release the state from constitutional restraint on the destruction of human dignity.”

Humans Persons Doe States Humanity Human Beings Views Dignity Destruction Murder Absolutes Killing Release Denial Restraint Death Penalty Human Dignity

Author:William J. Brennan

“The death penalty doesn't need your assent to continue ... it needs your indifference.”

Needs Indifference Penalties Death Penalty

Author:Ray Krone

“Criminals, people who commit crimes, usually society rejects these people. They are also part of our society. Give them some form of punishment to say they were wrong, but show them they are part of society and can change. Show them compassion.”

People Giving Shows Form Compassion Crime Criminals Punishment Commit Our Society Rejects Death Penalty

Author:Dalai Lama

“I am pleased that I am able to stand here today and say with a pure heart and meaningful heart that I am against the death penalty. There is no purpose that it serves except to further the damage that death has already done.”

Heart Done Today Able Purpose Pure Meaningful Damage Penalties Death Penalty Pure Heart Against Death Penalty

Author:Mamie Till

“God is the Creator; Satan is the counterfeiter.”

Creator Satan

Book:On becoming a--real man

Source: On becoming a--real man

“I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life. We cannot support any act of killing; no killing can be justified. But not to kill is not enough ... If in your thinking you allow the killing to go on, you also break this precept. We must be determined not to condone killing, even in our minds.”

Ifs Thinking World Way Mind Enough Break Support Goes On Killing Determined My Way Justified Death Penalty I Am Determined

Author:Nhat Hanh

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