Quote#World
Many of us do not believe in capital punishment, because thus society…
Quote byKatharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould · 1879–1944
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Modes and Morals (1920), Ch. 7.
English (original)
Many of us do not believe in capital punishment, because thus society takes from a man what society cannot give.
— Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould
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