Sunday, February 17, 2013

LORD ALFRED DENNING’S QUOTE ON PUNISHMENT [PRO DEATH PENALTY QUOTE OF THE WEEK ~ SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 TO SATURDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2013]



QUOTE 1: "Punishment is the way in which society expresses its denunciation of wrong doing; and, in order to maintain respect for the law, it is essential that the punishment inflicted for grave crimes should adequately reflect the revulsion felt by the great majority of citizens for them. It is a mistake to consider the objects of punishments as being a deterrent or reformative or preventive and nothing else... The truth is that some crimes are so outrageous that society insists on adequate punishment, because the wrong doer deserves it, irrespective of whether it is a deterrent or not."



QUOTE 2: Our sovereignty has been taken away by the European Court of Justice...Our courts must no longer enforce our national laws. They must enforce Community law...No longer is European law an incoming tide flowing up the estuaries of England. It is now like a tidal wave bringing down our sea walls and flowing inland over our fields and houses—to the dismay of all. [Introduction to The European Court of Justice: Judges or Policy Makers? (London: Bruges Group, 1990)]

AUTHOR: Alfred Thompson "Tom" Denning, Baron Denning, OM, PC, DL (23 January 1899 – 5 March 1999), commonly known as Lord Denning, was a British soldier, mathematician, lawyer and judge.


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