"Execution kills instantly, life-imprisonment kills by degrees. Who is the more humane executioner, one who kills you …"

"any government that mutilates its citizens for the express purpose precipitating social stigma is, frankly, unfit to …"

"The video of 'paranoid' has been censored by MTV. They took all nipples out of the cartoon, but they had no problem w…"

"We had the courage to watch the dreadful sight for four hours ... Damiens was a fanatic, who, with the idea of doing …"

"And (as for) the man and the woman addicted to theft, cut off their hands as a punishment for what they have earned, …"

"Qui parcit virgæ odit filium."

"Spare the rod and spoil the child."

"He that spareth the rod, hateth his son; but he that loveth him, chasteneth him betimes."

"Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it from him."

"Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with a rod, thou shalt deliver his soul from hell."