Quote by Eliot Spitzer
Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though w

Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we dont like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of most within it to do justice. And this fallibility is, at the end of the day, the most compelling, persuasive, and winning argument against a death penalty. – Eliot Spitzer

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Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs. – Eliot Spitzer

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I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my, or any, sense of right and wrong. I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better. – Eliot Spitzer

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The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion. – Samuel Butler

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After your death you will be what you were before your birth. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. – Corazon Aquino

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Everybody is entertained to death. – Brian Eno

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