"The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society."

Society, Decency, Past, Practice

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"Though the earth contains greater energy and mass than any single being, linked together, "people make the world go-round"."

T. F. Hodge, American Motivational Speaker

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"It takes a long time before we cease to feel proud of being wanted. Though God knows why we should feel it, when we look around and see who is wanted too."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

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"The great majority of Baghdad is a slum - a lot of it's new, but it's still slum. It's usually this concrete-block, one-room design with a door and a window, arranged one-up, one-down, often with a shop with nothing in it on the first floor, and then a one-room apartment above it. There's street after street after street of that stuff."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

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"Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities " but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Society, Culture, Religion, Influence, Observation

"Every nation needs a crystal clear mirror to see its stupidities, to see its hypocrisies, to see its faults and its evils! No nation is saint! Every nation's history is full of primitiveness and barbarity, full of wars and murders! Let every nation sees its face very clearly! Let them face their faces so that in the future they may be something better!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Society, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

"The black man today will only find solitude in one place: prison. ironically, he becomes most free while incarcerated."

Darnell Lamont Walker, American Writer

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"If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Society, Women, Mistakes, Charm, Judgment

"Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Society, Control, Earth, Land

"Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Society, Independence, Nationality, Race

"If a media is not criticizing the government, then that media is not a media but just a clown of the government!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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