They sensed that what had happened around them and in their presence, and in them, was irrevocable. Never again could it be… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
Do I need to argue to Your Honor that cruelty only breeds cruelty? That hatred only causes hatred; that if there is… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
It's strange when they near your cell. You lose all your strength and you are like this. You lose all your strength… — Sakae Menda Copy Share Image
“Executing Ted Bundy cost the state of Florida seven or eight million dollars, money that could have been better invested in building… — Gary Lequipe Copy Share Image
Sharia is the most oppressive system on earth. It encourages people to lie, if it's for the benefits of Islam. It doesn't… — Mark Durie Copy Share Image
The Golden Rule reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development. This conviction… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I warned that there should be no place on Earth where terrorists can rest and train and practice their deadly skills. I… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
But these days, there's also a strong economic argument for doing away with capital punishment. With California facing its most severe fiscal… — John Van de Kamp Copy Share Image
[Sen. John] Kerry is also a man who opposes the death penalty, wants to restrict access to guns and voted against the… — David S. Broder Copy Share Image
You know who doesn't get the death penalty? Crazy people. That's a defense in America. My client's crazy. He doesn't know what… — Bobby Slayton Copy Share Image
It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
The king governs without decapitation or (other) corporal punishments. Criminals are simply fined, lightly or heavily, according to the circumstances (of each… — Faxian Copy Share Image
When contemplating college liberals, you really regret once again that John Walker is not getting the death penalty.We need to execute people… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The death penalty fulfills a preventive function, but it is also very clearly a form of revenge. It is an especially severe… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Judicial execution can never cancel or remove the atrocity it seeks to punish; it can only add a second atrocity to the… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
In the US the overwhelming majority of those executed are psychotic, alcoholic, drug addicted or mentally unstable. They frequently are raised in… — George Ryan Copy Share Image
It has become increasingly difficult for states or the federal government to apply the death penalty. But why even try? Nothing is… — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
The new evangelization calls for followers of Christ who are unconditionally pro-life: who will proclaim, celebrate and serve the Gospel of life… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“But what then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated it may be,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“In tourism college they were taught that American notions of what constitutes a personal question are quite different from their own. Tư… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
Of one thing, however, I am certain. Just as an execution without adequate safeguards is unacceptable, so too is an execution when… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an… — Albert Einstein 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
As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
I am afraid that it would be a mockery of justice if the death penalty is not imposed. And therefore I pleaded… — Ujjwal Nikam Copy Share Image
When I got lucky enough to be successful as an actor, and I got involved in the anti-war stuff and gay rights… — Mike Farrell Copy Share Image
I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
The death penalty and the arguments it inspires don't only involve ethics, morals, and justice. There are bureaucratic and economic aspects to… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I don't know if the question is whether you believe in capital punishment anymore. I think the greater question is its effectiveness… — Tani Cantil-Sakauye Copy Share Image
“Do you feel no compunction, Socrates, at having followed a line of action which puts you in danger of the death penalty?'… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I say this idea of chokin' folks to death to reform 'em, is where we show the savage in us, which we… — Marietta Holley Copy Share Image
I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
Our history shows that the death penalty has been unjustly imposed, innocents have been killed by the state, effective rehabilitation has been… — Ramsey Clark Copy Share Image
Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and justifying their belief on an… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I tell myself that I had simply better accept the fact that the death penalty is here to stay in our society,… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Experience shows that the frequent use of severe punishment has never rendered a people better. The death of a criminal is a… — Catherine the Great Copy Share Image
Yes, (Bush is a) racist. We all knew that but the world is only finding it out now. As Texas's governor, Bush… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
![“[Sen. John] Kerry is also a man who opposes the death penalty, wants to restrict access to guns and voted against the resolution approving the start of ground operations against Saddam Hussein in 1991 - just what you would expect from Ted Kennedy's partner and Michael Dukakis's running mate.” quote by David S. Broder](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0f6/david-s-broder-61917_access_sen-john-kerry-is-also-a-man-who-opposes_3149154.jpg)
![“It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found innocent, but in fact in all the cases it was really a fluke ... We find persistent wrongdoing on the part of law enforcement. It's really sheer luck that those convicted…” quote by Jan Schakowsky](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/628/jan-schakowsky-3618_cases_it-would-be-one-thing-if-we-could-say-th_3213697.png)
![“I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the infliction of [death] is so plainly doomed to failure that is - and the death penalty - must be abandoned altogether. I may not live to see that day…” quote by Harry A. Blackmun](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b56/harry-a-blackmun-19399_abandoned_i-am-more-optimistic-though-that-this-co_2574521.jpg)
