I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Eliminating the death penalty...will not hinder the prosecutorial capacity to seek, or the court's ability to impose, 'life without parole' sentences for… — Scott Harshbarger Copy Share Image
I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
I don't believe in the death penalty. I believe that there are other people as we speak right now in prison, wrongfully… — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
The death penalty is used in such a blatantly racist way in the United States. There is no way that can be… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
That's why I'm a big supporter of the death penalty. I want to be the hangman. I would put many more people… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
“Take care of your soul; it will never lose its tournament if Jesus is the coach of your life. He will substitute… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Whether it's a penalty or a tax, it's all one in the same. It's coming out of somebody's hard-earned money in their… — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
I am pleased that I am able to stand here today and say with a pure heart and meaningful heart that I… — Mamie Till Copy Share Image
The death of Christ proclaimed the justice and perpetuity of his Father's law in punishing the transgressor, in that he consented to… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
There is a growing recognition that the death penalty simply can't work. It's a complex system that arbitrarily selects defendants for death… — Robert Cecil Martin Copy Share Image
There's a rumour going 'round that if you amass a certain number of penalty points on your driving licence, the authorities will… — Jasper Carrott Copy Share Image
With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Ninety countries still hold on to capital punishment, and, sadly, one of these is the United States, the only Western industrialized country… — Antoinette Bosco Copy Share Image
“The death penalty costs too much. Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
Truth is the hardest substance in the world to pin down. But the one certainty is the awesome penalty exacted sooner or… — Flora Lewis Copy Share Image
Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it.… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“A player whose stroke is affected by the simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play another ball from the same place. Penalty… — Shaun Usher Copy Share Image
When the penalty for a policeman's mistake is to put a criminal back out on the street, then we are hurting America;… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
Everybody believes that capital punishment is wrong, but when they look at certain cases, they're quick to say, 'Put them to death,'… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
I do say that I am in favor of the return of the guillotine and that is for the worst of the… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
When the SEC needs to be deterring corporate wrongdoing, the 'penalty pilot' program sends the wrong message. — Mary Schapiro Copy Share Image
It is proper that we acknowledge the overwhelming weight of international opinion against the juvenile death penalty. — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
I know about the rules but this should not be a red card for the keeper. Arsenal was punished enough with the… — Manuel Neuer Copy Share Image
I think we have to have capital punishment, I think there has to be something to contain certain people. Those deterrents I… — Merle Haggard Copy Share Image
The penalty of affluence is that it cuts one off from the common lot, common experience, and common fellowship. In a sense… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
This is the company we keep when it comes to the death penalty: China, the number one executing country; Iran, Iraq, Saudi… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“The thing about sports, at least for guys, is that nobody ever defines the rules, not even in gym class. Asking what… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because… — Josefina Vazquez Mota Copy Share Image
The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also… — Burke Marshall Copy Share Image
Embracing a certain quotient of racial bias and discrimination against the poor is an inexorable aspect of supporting capital punishment. This is… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
But I'm not pro death penalty. I - I'm just anti the notion that it is not a matter for democratic choice,… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
The argument that capital punishment degrades the state is moonshine, for if that were true then it would degrade the state to… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Our capitol punishment system is haunted by the demon of error- error in determining guilt, error in determining who among the guilty… — George Ryan Copy Share Image
The death penalty issue is obviously a divisive one. But whether one is for or against, you can not deny the basic… — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
