Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.

  • -- Oscar Levant 马刀舞曲

死刑是我们社会对人类生命神圣性的承认。

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Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly.

人们对生命的尊重要高得多,无论是私下争吵还是通过司法程序,对待生命的态度都比以往严肃得多。

In the beginning of the human race there was no genetic load which would cause undesirable traits such as appear in offspring of marriages between relatives today.

在人类的早期,没有任何基因负荷会导致不受欢迎的特征,比如今天亲戚间婚姻的后代。

The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy.

唯一现实的观点是,人的生命是逐渐产生的,这对个人决策或制定公共政策没有多大帮助。

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.

丧亲之痛是对人生奥秘最深刻的探索,比幸福的爱情更深刻、更深刻。

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

报复与自然和本能有关,而与法律无关。根据定义,法律不能遵循与自然相同的规则。

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

对孩子来说,羞辱比殴打更合适,通常也更有效。

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

使人成为烈士的不是惩罚而是事业。

Punishment not truly discipline.

惩罚不是真正的纪律。