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A speech from Ernest Bevin on a major occasion had all the horrific fascination of a public execution. If the mind was left immune, eyes and ears and emotions were riveted. -- Michael Foot
Anything in this culture that stands still long enough eventually becomes okay if a person can derive an income from it. Eventually, pay-per-view public execution will happen, and it will be half-time entertainment. -- Henry Rollins
There was a docudrama that was made, called 'The Death Of A Princess,' which was about a true story in Saudi Arabia. It was about a public execution for adultery. And when the movie was aired on British television, the Saudi government threatened to cut off oil exports and to cut off diplomatic relations. -- Evan Osnos
We're first on executions. We're 49th in funding public education. We're in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and we're winning. -- Kinky Friedman
The good parts about being a public company are increased discipline, increased execution and increased transparency to make sure that you are really building a company for a hundred years. -- Dan Rosensweig
We used to flock to watch gladiators, public torture and executions. In more recent times, our appetite for mortal violence has been sublimated in sports, photorealistic video games, film and literature. -- Kenneth Oppel
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. -- Benjamin Franklin
Requiring that an execution be relatively painless...actually undermines the very premise on which public approval of the retribution rationale is based. -- John Paul Stevens

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