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penalty quotes

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“One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.” Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail
“A man can't be bound without a penalty.” Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux
“The death-penalty inflicted upon criminals may be looked on in much the same light: it is in order that we may not fall victims to an assassin that we consent to die if we ourselves turn assassins.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

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