The death penalty can be tolerated only by extreme statist reactionaries who demand a state that is so powerful that it has the right to kill. (Noam Chomsky)

The death penalty can be tolerated only by extreme statist reactionaries who demand a state that is so powerful that it has the right to kill.

Noam Chomsky

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