Quote by Woody Allen
Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. – Woody Allen

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Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. – Woody Allen

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When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom. – Italian Proverb

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It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace. – Pierre Corneille

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Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen. – Edward F. Halifax

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One should not lift the rod against our enemies upon the private information of another. – Hitopadesa

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