John C. McAdams quotes

John C. McAdams quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the killing of a bunch of innocent victims. I would much rather risk the former. This, to me, is not a tough call.”
-- John C. McAdams

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“It is essential for me to become involved in another search, and 'search' is the proper word to use because it promises discovery along with the risk.”
“While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.”
“Life is all about taking risk to get what you want.”
“Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.”

Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “The Angry Island: Hunting the English”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
“The very fact that the jaguar can become extinct while the Pekingese survives indicates to me that someone hasn't thought this thing through.”
“I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate. Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.”
“The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.”
“It is proper that we acknowledge the overwhelming weight of international opinion against the juvenile death penalty.”
“To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.”

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