Towards gnats and fleas we should show no pity. We would do right to hang petty thieves, petty calumniators, and slanderers. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
[I support] term limits for career politicians and the death penalty for career politicians. — Bill Frist Copy Share Image
The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men. — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
“The murder that is depicted as a horrible crime is repeated in cold blood, remorselessly.” — Cesare Beccaria Copy Share Image
If I were asked to chose between execution and life in prison I would, of course, chose the latter. It's better to… — Anton Chekhov 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
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment. — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
A civilized society looks with horror upon the abuse and torture of children or adults. Even where capital punishment is practiced, the… — Sidney Hatch 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
If the Khalifah implements even one law outside of the divine law, then he will be removed. The courts will face him… — Anjem Choudary Copy Share Image
If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty… — Caryl Chessman Copy Share Image
“Racial violence has been rationalized, legitimated, and channeled through our criminal justice system; it is expressed as police brutality, solitary confinement, and… — Michelle Alexander 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
I don't think you should support the death penalty to seek revenge. I don't think that's right. I think the reason to… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Capital punishment kills immediately, whereas lifetime imprisonment does so slowly. Which executioner is more humane? The one who kills you in a… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Capital Punishment, a penalty regarding the justice and expediency of which many worthy persons - including all the assassins - entertain grave… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I think capital punishment's day is done in this country. I don't think it's fairly applied. — Oliver North Copy Share Image
I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment. — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
We make needless ado about capital punishment,--taking lives, when there is no life to take. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can't return even if it… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I have been reluctant to lobby on other issues I most care about - nuclear weapons (against), religion (atheist), capital punishment (anti),… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
“Maybe capital punishment would have deterred the scumbag who shot and killed my father in a botched armed robbery. But instead, he… — Stephen Edger Copy Share Image
I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
“I had a dream about you. You were being hung. I had a sword in one hand and a stool in the… — Bauvard 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
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
The ability of so many people to live comfortably with the idea of capital punishment is perhaps a clue to how so… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The death penalty is a poor person's issue. Always remember that: after all the rhetoric that goes on in the legislative assemblies,… — Helen Prejean 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
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
Any man knows when he is justified, and all the wits in the world cannot enlighten him on that point. The murderer… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It doesn't make any difference if you are in favor of capital punishment or if you are opposed to capital punishment. The… — Gerald Kogan 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
The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime--for a second crime is… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Those subject to capital punishment are real human beings, with their own backgrounds and narratives. By contrast, those whose lives are or… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
Make your way to death row and speak with the tragic victims of criminality. As they prepare to make their pathetic walk… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“St. Thomas 29 recommends Christian rulers, " for the honor of the Sacrament," to remit capital punishment to convicted pagans who ask… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die,… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
It is said to be a deterrent. I cannot agree…I do not now believe that any one of the hundreds of executions… — Albert Pierrepoint Copy Share Image
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