Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.
Israel should not feel satisfaction at my son's death, for he died on the battlefield, facing the conquerors as he wished, with a gun in his hand.
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.
The death tax punishes the American dream - making it virtually impossible for the average American family to build wealth across generations.
The measure would set criminal penalties, the same as those that would apply if harm or death happened to the pregnant woman, for those who harm a fetus.
The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
When working, my diet degrades to pizza three times a day, because I don't want to distract myself from anything.
With unemployment still abysmally high, the Obama economy is crushing Hispanics' dreams for their children to live a better life.
Anytime you deny the acknowledgement of God you are undermining the entire basis for which our country exists.
I happily cling to my guns and my God, even if President Obama thinks that that is a simpleminded thing in his elitist heart.
The proof that God has revealed himself to man by special and express communications, and that Christianity constitutes that revelation, is no part of these inquiries.
Oh my God, I don't think you can say anyone looks forward to controversy.
The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.
A great teacher who is full of excitement and love for her students can make all the difference in their lives.
Fortunately, in President Obama, the child of an African and an American, we finally have a leader who is uniquely positioned to bridge the great reparations divide.
The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.
The question of religion was a matter for each individual's conscience, and in a great many cases was the outcome of birth or residence in a certain geographical area.
Young people have been at the forefront of every great social movement in our country's history.
I always say, and I mean it, that the great break of my literary career was when I went to law school.
