If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
In Europe, when tobacco was first introduced, it was immediately banned. In Turkey, if you got caught with tobacco, you had your… — Andrew Weil 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
It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution. — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Without knowing it the girl was arguing on the side of the world's expert criminologists, who hold that to destroy an offender… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as somehow unworthy of a civilized society. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
We as Americans believe it's OK to kill people. We believe it's OK to invade a country that had nothing to do… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
There are murder victims' family members who go through this process thinking they'll feel peace once the revenge of the death penalty… — Terri Steinberg Copy Share Image
Can the state, which represents the whole of society and has the duty of protecting society, fulfill that duty by lowering itself… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
A reform in the system of criminal jurisprudence, by which the death penalty shall no longer be inflicted . . . and… — Victoria Woodhull 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
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
In case anybody asks you about my position on capital punishment, you can tell them I favor it; and if they want… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Most people are not affected by [the death penalty]. It's like how many people are actually sent to Iraq and Afghanistan? Such… — Susan Sarandon 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
Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the… — George Ryan Copy Share Image
The movement to abolish the death penalty needs the religious community because the heart of religion is about compassion, human rights, and… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than… — Ramsey Clark Copy Share Image
I don't have any personal upset at the death penalty as an abstraction, What I do realize is how many mistakes can… — Michael Baden Copy Share Image
I'm totally against the death penalty - which, if anyone has a right to support, I do - because I do not… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
Criminals, people who commit crimes, usually society rejects these people. They are also part of our society. Give them some form of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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
States without the death penalty have had consistently lower murder rates. And national murder rates have declined steadily since 1992, despite fewer executions. — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine… — Benjamin Franklin 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
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
My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the… — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Because values change, legislatures abolish the death penalty, permit same-sex marriage if they want, abolish laws against homosexual conduct. That's how the… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
There's a second life involved. No matter what your position is on abortion or the death penalty, you shouldn't put a pregnant… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is a punishment that is shaped by the constraints of… — Bryan Stevenson 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
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