I don't want to put one innocent person to death to put 99 that are guilty to death. So philosophically I'm a… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
This is an execution, not surgery. Where does that come from, that you must find the method of execution that causes the… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
I stood up to the liberal elite when they came to our state (Alabama) and tried to eliminate the death penalty, we… — Troy King Copy Share Image
I agree with Thomas Jefferson, who once wrote that he would support the death penalty only when the infallibility of human judgment… — Paul Jacob Copy Share Image
For years I supported capital punishment, but I have come to believe that our criminal justice system is incapable of adequately distinguishing… — James Frey Copy Share Image
The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent crimes: assassinating the President; hijacking an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ajamu Baraka is a human rights advocate and an international human rights advocate, who's been defending racial justice, economic justice, worker justice,… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
It's absolutely clear that whatever cruel and unusual punishments may - may mean with regard to future things, such as death by… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
“Imagine the thoughts of serial killer and mutilator Jeffrey Dahmer when he ended up in prison. He felt great remorse, which he… — Roy Ratcliff Copy Share Image
The time will come when all people will view with horror light way in which society and its courts of law now… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
I found that the death penalty - and I'm not a hot-button issue person, you know, I'm not a single issue person … — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
I'm glad things are getting better, but I'm going to push and be pissed off until they're perfect. That will probably never… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
How dangerous it is rashly to adopt the Mosaical institutions [Old Testament teachings of eye for an eye]. Laws might have been… — Gerald Heaney Copy Share Image
It's very rare that someone gets the death penalty for charges of conspiracy, for his influence, for his Svengali-Rasputin act. — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
The government considers the aborting of innocent unborn children a natural right. Yet, there is widespread debate still about whether the death… — Joseph Farah Copy Share Image
It is written: "Wizards thou shalt not suffer to live" (Ex. 22:18); and: "In the morning I put to death all the… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
When I signed on to letting the death penalty back in, I thought the procedural protections against executing an innocent person were… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
We have a legal system, and we have a penal code. We have the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, and people should… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
“[T]he death penalty dehumanizes everyone on both sides of the equation. It dimishes everyone it touches. It is something we just shouldn't… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Conservatives have every reason to believe the death penalty system is no different from any politicized, costly, inefficient, bureaucratic, government-run operation, which… — Richard Viguerie Copy Share Image
By reserving the penalty of death for black defendants, or for the poor, or for those convicted of killing white persons, we… — Joseph Lowery Copy Share Image
I support the death penalty for the kingpin, the guy at the top, but I don't think you should throw a drug… — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
No politician after the Nixon-Agnew years would say, 'I was against the death penalty,' because they replaced 'soft on communism' with 'soft… — Mike Farrell Copy Share Image
The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If a Muslim becomes a non-Muslim and propagates his/her new religion, then it is as good as treason. There is a Death… — Zakir Naik Copy Share Image
I support the death penalty because I believe, if administered swiftly and justly, capital punishment is a deterrent against future violence and… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Killing yourself isn’t against the law. If you succeed, there’s nothing they can do to punish you for it. And if you… — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
The death penalty has been one of many examples where racial discrimination has played out. You can see it in the simple… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
I stand with crime victims, members of the law enforcement community, and advocates for justice in opposing a repeal of the death… — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image
This king governs without decapitation or corporal punishments. Criminals are simply fined, lightly or heavily, according to the circumstances. Even in cases… — Faxian Copy Share Image
I don't believe in a lot of things from the Bronze Age, but an eye for an eye does make a sort… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge… — Albert Pierrepoint Copy Share Image
A man convicted of murder is twenty times more likely than a woman convicted of murder to receive the death penalty. Since… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In battle, combatants engaged in war against America get no due process and may lawfully be killed. But citizens not in a… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I think, when the African-American community understands my record on criminal justice, my record on economics, the agenda we're bringing forth, raising… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
![“How dangerous it is rashly to adopt the Mosaical institutions [Old Testament teachings of eye for an eye]. Laws might have been proper for a tribe of ardent barbarians wandering through the sands of Arabia which are wholly unfit for an enlightened people of civilized and gentle manners.” quote by Gerald Heaney](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/474/gerald-heaney-75147_arabia_how-dangerous-it-is-rashly-to-adopt-the_2847089.jpg)
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![“I don't believe in a lot of things from the Bronze Age, but an eye for an eye does make a sort of symmetrical sense to me. I really believe that if somebody takes a life, that [death penalty] is what they should get. I also think it's a lot more humane than keeping people in a cage for the rest of…” quote by Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ac0/bill-maher-211_age_i-don-t-believe-in-a-lot-of-things-from_2555270.jpg)
