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• I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What does it come down to? Nothing but something horrible and useless, nothing but a way of shedding blood that is called a crime when an individual commits it, but is sadly called "justice" when society brings it about. Make no mistake, you lawmakers and judges, in the eyes of God as in those of conscience, what is a crime when individuals do it is no less an offense when society commits the deed.

  Victor Hugo

  Mistake, Eye, Direct Action

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• Physicians, of all men, are most happy; whatever good success soever they have, the world proclaimeth; and what faults they commit, the earth covereth.

  Francis Quarles

  Happiness, Success, Science

  'Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man' (1638) no. 4

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• Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.

  Al Gore

  Years, Challenges, Energy

  "Meet the Press" with Tom Brokaw, www.nbcnews.com. July 20, 2008.

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• America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have one people achieved such preeminence. But we are not Romans; we do not seek an empire. We are Americans, trustees of a vision and a heritage that commit us to the values of democracy and the universal cause of human rights.

  John F. Kerry

  Pride, Rights, America

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• Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit themselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Believe, Heart

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Apr 09, 2014

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• Neither your life nor my life, nor the future of this country, will be affected in the slightest by whether Linda Tripp is naughty or nice. But if any president is able to commit crimes with impunity by using the vast powers and perquisites of his office to cover up, then we will have a danger of corruption and abuse of power that can only grow with the passing years and generations.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Nice, Naughty

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• The spirit of Christianity proclaims the brotherhood of the race and the meaning of that strong word has not been left to guesswork, but made tremendously definite - the Christian must forgive his brother man all crimes he can imagine and commit, and all insults he can conceive and utter - forgive these injuries how many times? - seventy times seven - another way of saying there shall be no limit to this forgiveness. That is the spirit and the law of Christianity.

  Mark Twain

  Christian, Strong, Brother

  Mark Twain (1973). “Mark Twain and the three R's: race, religion, revolution--and related matters”, Bobbs-Merrill Company

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• Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust.

  Piers Paul Read

  Lust, Despair, Vices

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• Anyone who dares to lay hands on the highest image of the Lord commits sacrilege against the benevolent creator of this miracle and contributes to the expulsion from paradise.

  Adolf Hitler

  Religious, Hands, Miracle

  Adolf Hitler (1998). “Mein Kampf”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Solidarity is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people, both near and far. On the contrary, it is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good; that is to say to the good of all and of each individual, because we are all really responsible for all

  Pope John Paul II

  Determination, Compassion, Dedication

  Pope John Paul II, J. Michael Miller (1998). “The Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortations of John Paul II”, p.425, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing

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• In England, if you commit a crime, the police don't have a gun and you don't have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police will say 'Stop, or I'll say stop again.'

  Robin Williams

  Funny, Humor, Gun

  "Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met", www.imdb.com. 1986.

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• One should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry

  Pope Pius XI

  Community, Challenges, Inspire

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• As by the fires of experience, so by commission of crime you learn real morals. Commit all crimes, familiarize yourself with all sins, take them in rotation (there are only two or three thousand of them), stick to it, commit two or three every day, and by and by you will be proof against them. When you are through you will be proof against all sins and morally perfect. You will be vaccinated against every possible commission of them. This is the only way.

  Mark Twain

  Real, Fire, Two

  Mark Twain (2017). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated Edition): Novels, Short Stories, Memoir, Travel Books, Letters, Biography, Articles & Speeches: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, Yankee in King Arthur's Court…”, p.8498, e-artnow

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• In "The Myth of Sisyphus", his most important non-fiction work, Albert Camus suggested that if we believed what most people claim to be the purpose of life, we would feel compelled to commit suicide. If, however, we accept that life has no purpose we would be inclined to soldier on in a cussed, stoical manner like Sisyphus, endlessly pushing his rock up a hill only to see it roll down again.

  Philip French

  Life, Death, Suicide

  "Feathered frenzy" by Philip French, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2005.

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• With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Confidence, Dream

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Oct 07, 2014

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• Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum! Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, revel the night, rob, murder, and commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways?

  William Shakespeare

  Night, Scum, Way

  1597-8 King Henry to Harry. Henry IV PartTwo, act 4, sc.3, l.254-5.

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• The honor of a nation is its life. Deliberately to abandon it is to commit an act of political suicide.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Suicide, Political, Honor

  Alexander Hamilton (1851). “Political essays [etc., 1792-1804] Contents. Index”, p.627

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• I edit as I go. Especially when I go to commit it to paper. I prefer a typewriter even to a computer. I don't like it. There's no noise on the computer. I like a typewriter because I am such a slow typist. I edit as I am committing it to paper. I like to see the words before me and I go, "Yeah, that's it." They appear before me and they fit. I don't usually take large parts out. If I get stuck early in a song, I take it as a sign that I might be writing the chorus and don't know it. Sometimes,you gotta step back a little bit and take a look at what you're doing.

  John Prine

  Song, Writing, Typewriters

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• My writing just kind of exists out there in the air-it's all sort of intended as spoken, or sung, word. So, to commit them to the page...that way was kind of intimidating to me, yet intriguing, to try to reflect the rhythms and connotations and emotions that you can deliver, speaking-wise, on a page.

  Ani DiFranco

  Wise, Writing, Air

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• Henceforth no Jew, no matter under what name, will be allowed to remain here without my written permission. I know of no other troublesome pest within the state than this race, which impoverished the people by their fraud, usury and money-lending and commits all deeds which an honorable man despises. Subsequently they have to be removed and excluded from here as much as possible.

  Maria Theresa

  Men, Race, Honorable Man

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• We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him

  John Boehner

  Change, People, President

  "Who are the key new Republican leaders?" by Jonathan Auerbach and Deirdre Walsh, www.cnn.com. November 3, 2010.

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• Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not commit adultery. Don't eat pork. I'm sorry, what was that last one?? Don't eat pork. God has spoken. Is that the word of God or is that pigs trying to outsmart everybody?

  Jon Stewart

  Funny, God, Sorry

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• I never commit to memory anything that can easily be looked up in a book

  Albert Einstein

  Memories, Book

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• Well, wherever you go, whatever you do, you're still you. You can change your surroundings, start a new life, but you'll always fall into the same old patterns, make the same kind of friends, commit the same mistakes. The thing you need to change is yourself.

  Chris Wooding

  Mistake, Fall, Patterns

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• Every day I think, 'Can I commit?' I think I can and that I will

  Scott Baio

  Thinking, I Can

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