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
A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I'm very much interested in getting prisons off the stock market. I'm very much interested in upgrading the public school system... and… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
Of all parties I now see only one party- The Anarchist- which respects human life, and loudly insists upon the abolition of… — Peter Kropotkin 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
“A second example of this abandonment of fundamental principles can be found in recent trends in the U.S. Supreme Court. Note what… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
We have a legal system, and this is not something that happens all the time. We have capital punishment. America has capital… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies. — Lionel Jospin Copy Share Image
Whoever insults the message of Mohammed is going to be subject to capital punishment. — Anjem Choudary Copy Share Image
“No soldiers, no gendarmes or police, no nobles, kings, regents, prefects, or judges, no prisons, no lawsuits - and everything takes its… — Frederick Engels Copy Share Image
“The serial murderer often seeks the very form of capital punishment that is being held over his head as a deterrent.” — Joel Norris 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
As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death. — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
The violence inherent in our systems and structures of power is a part of who we are - our thoughts, sensibilities, imaginations,… — Lawrence Joseph Copy Share Image
“The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a little at… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again. — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
Bertrand Russell used to employ the method of "evidence against interest"; in other words of deciding that a critique of capital punishment,… — Christopher Hitchens 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
“Mrs. Crisparkle had need of her own share of philanthropy when she beheld this very large and very loud excrescence on the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Centuries from now our great-great-great-grandchildren will look back at us with amazement at how we could allow such a precious achievement of… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
It is hard to tell if capital punishment has such an effect. And even if, in some contexts it has (such as… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the… — Elizabeth Fry Copy Share Image
If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
