Death penalty Quotes · Page 9

The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings.

— Nelson Mandela

We don't cut off the hands of thieves or castrate rapists. Why must we murder murderers?

— Wendy Kaminer

The death penalty is inhumane... whether that person is in a [jail] or it's bin Laden.

— Danny Glover

You, stupid one, who believe in laws which punish murder by murder...

— George Sand

I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row.

— Gary Bauer

I hope that America will do away with the death penalty. I truly believe we are better than that.

— Anthony Ray Hinton

I have evolved to where I don't think the death penalty is effective.

— Evelyn Lundberg Stratton

Ima kill the game and invite witnesses No death penalty, Im givin out life sentences.

— J Cole

“We may remain more or less open-minded on the subject of the death penalty, indisposed to commit ourselves, so long as we…

— Victor Hugo

If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not…

— Helen Prejean

I believe that no one should be executed, guilty or innocent. There are appropriate sanctions that protect society and punish wrongdoers without…

— Mike Farrell

Standing alone among great democratic nations in imposing the death penalty is another moral decision that Americansare being forced to confront.

— Jimmy Carter

The same divine authority that forbids the killing of a human being establishes certain exceptions, as when God authorizes killing by a…

— Saint Augustine

After years spent in Washington, I have become more aware than ever of the government's ineptness and the likelihood of its making…

— Ron Paul

I am haunted by the demon of error - error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves…

— George Ryan

We must work to build a criminal-legal system that is deeply rooted in a love for humanity, which begins with ending the…

— Cori Bush

There are no witches. The witch text remains; only the practice has changed. Hell fire is gone, but the text remains. Infant…

— Mark Twain

If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime…

— Pete Rose

If you are deemed insane, then all actions that would oherwise prove you are not do, in actuality, fall into the framework…

— Dennis Lehane

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why?…

— Albert Camus

Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated can be compared. For there to be…

— Albert Camus

“Mom hadn't met Ramon; her advocacy was more arm's length - petitions, the website, letter writing, meetings with politicians. Her friend Hanna…

— Robin Stevenson

It wasn't the intention to do something important, or to even relate about social issues. The ground is so fertile in the…

— Richard LaGravenese

And so it's no surprise that people who object to the death penalty on pure moral grounds also think it has no…

— Cass Sunstein

Im from Texas. In Texas we have the death penalty and we USE IT! Thats right¦ if you come to Texas and…

— Ron White

“A sentence which might bear in mind that our great struggle is that of fear, and that if a man has killed…

— Clarice Lispector

“Similarly, we can all agree that science's entitlement to advise us on moral values is problematic, to say the least. but does…

— Richard Dawkins

“Walter made me understand why we have to reform a system of criminal justice that continues to treat people better if they…

— Bryan Stevenson

“[T]here are some human rights that are so deep that we can't negotiate them away. I mean people do heinous, terrible things.…

— Sister Helen Prejean

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

— Desmond Tutu

Crime is redeemed by remorse, but not by a blow of the axe or slipknot. Blood has to be washed by tears…

— Victor Hugo

In all religions, we make a choice about what we emphasize, and I choose to come down on the side of a…

— Bernice King

Talk is cheap...It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.

— Cesar Chavez

New Hampshire has always shown prudence and responsibility in its application of the death penalty.

— Chris Sununu

I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.

— George Ryan

McVeigh's lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done.

— Jon Stewart

The issue that a political campaign would make a human life into - you know - a political football, is unsettling.

— John Hickenlooper

Paris Hilton got 45 days in jail. A lot of people were upset about this - they were hoping for the death penalty.

— Jay Leno

As a Christian, as an individual, as a doctor, I am absolutely opposed to the death penalty.

— Joycelyn Elders

People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg