Death penalty Quotes

“Death penalty is the number one killer of killers.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Edith Wharton with the death penalty”

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

I am constantly amazed by man's inhumanity to man.

— Primo Levi

How can anyone be against abortion but for the death penalty

— Loesje

The death penalty is becoming a way of life in this country.

— Dennis Miller

I think the death penalty's easier than life in prison,

— Pamela Smart

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.

— John Locke

I am against the death penalty.

— Andrew Cuomo

Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is.

— George W. Bush

In the US Bible Belt, you can be pro-death penalty, pro-gun, pro-war, pro-drone and still proclaim that you're Pro-life.

— Anonymous

The system is not perfect. Until it's perfect, let's do away with the death penalty.

— Kinky Friedman

I don't think there's any question that someday somebody who is innocent will be executed in this country again.

— Bill McCollum

“Why do we want to kill all the broken people? What is wrong with us, that we think a thing like that…

— Bryan Stevenson

“He's a two-faced, cutthroat, dirt-dumb, chicken shit, slimy, little bastard with a bright future in politics.”

— John Grisham

Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.

— Cesar Chavez

If you're stealing a television, that should not be the death penalty.

— Jesse Ventura

Ninety countries still hold on to capital punishment, and, sadly, one of these is the United States, the only Western industrialized country…

— Antoinette Bosco

After Chernobyl, thousands and thousands of people, if not millions, were given a death penalty and had to pay the price, our…

— Wladimir Klitschko

“The death penalty costs too much. Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was…

— Helen Prejean

The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.

— Martin O'Malley

California's death penalty is ... an incredibly costly penalty, and the money would be better spent keeping kids in school, keeping teachers…

— Gil Garcetti

I think the clearest manifestation for anyone who doubts that racism and classism exist in America, all one need do is take…

— Tim McDonald

I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment… We cannot ignore the fact that…

— John Paul Stevens

“If the law imposed the death penalty for parking tickets, we’d not only have fewer parking tickets, we’d also have much less…

— Lawrence Lessig

We as the Church need to express wherever appropriate and wherever possible our stance against the death penalty. We need to talk…

— Gabino Zavala

It doesn't make any difference if you are in favor of capital punishment or if you are opposed to capital punishment. The…

— Gerald Kogan

“From 1500, anyone in China found building a ship with more than two masts was liable to the death penalty; in 1551…

— Niall Ferguson

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my…

— John Grisham

I think we've misinterpreted some of the scriptures to justify the death penalty. So whereas a lot of folks in America feel…

— Shane Claiborne

We need clarification regarding the death penalty. It's different in many states... It's a bit different throughout the country, so I look…

— Pam Bondi

“I believe in a woman's right to choose, a baby's right to live, that while all human life is sacred there's nothing…

— Neil Gaiman

Look how in societies today where Islam is dominant and prominent, how any non-Islamic person, whether it's a Christian or an apostate…

— Geert Wilders

“God, who is omnipotent, could have softened Pharaoh’s heart, but he hardens it instead, which gives him a reason to afflict every…

— Steven Pinker

Given my experience, I believe there are three compelling reasons why the death penalty should be replaced. (1) The criminal justice system…

— George Gascon

A growing body of social science research reveals that atheists and non-religious people in general, are far from the unsavory beings many…

— Gregory S. Paul

“If the Pentateuch is inspired, the civilization of of our day is a mistake and crime. There should be no political liberty.…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“That the Sadian fantasy situates itself better in the bearers of Christian ethics than elsewhere is what our structural landmarks allow us…

— Jacques Lacan

“The movement actually managed to succeed in lobbying for the passage of involuntary sterilization laws in thirty American states. This meant that…

— Ken Robinson

“Whatever the "Christian conservatives" in America say, there is no one set of rightful opinions that follow on automatically from your belief.…

— Francis Spufford

“..I began speaking.. First, I took issue with the media's characterization of the post-Katrina New Orleans as resembling the third world as…

— Billy Sothern