“Touching me without permission. There should be a death penalty for that.” — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
Americans are not going to tolerate intimidation, terror and outright acts of war against this nation and its people. And we are… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers. — Alphonse Karr Copy Share Image
Hollywood doesn't believe in the death penalty for anyone except people who get cable TV without paying for it. Hollywood is like… — Michelangelo Antonioni 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
Jesus has borne the death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder! There He hang upon the cross! — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I am pro-death penalty, but not an enthusiastic death-penalty person. I think there's a place for it, that it should serve as… — Steve Largent Copy Share Image
“I have no doubt that we will one day abolish the death penalty in America. It will come sooner if people like… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals? — Brigitte Bardot Copy Share Image
They sensed that what had happened around them and in their presence, and in them, was irrevocable. Never again could it be… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
For years I supported capital punishment, but I have come to believe that our criminal justice system is incapable of adequately distinguishing… — James Frey Copy Share Image
Frankly, I don't think you should perform in a plaza where thousands of Cubans have been subjected to the death penalty, by… — Zoe Valdes Copy Share Image
We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it? — Tony Randall Copy Share Image
“Walter made me understand why we have to reform a system of criminal justice that continues to treat people better if they… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Who wouldn't want to vote for a guy who was a peaceful, radical, non-violent revolutionary; who hung around with lepers, hookers, and… — John Fugelsang Copy Share Image
Prosecutors must reveal the dirty little secret they too often share only among themselves: The death penalty actually hinders the fight against… — Robert M. Morgenthau Copy Share Image
Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed. — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
In the US the overwhelming majority of those executed are psychotic, alcoholic, drug addicted or mentally unstable. They frequently are raised in… — George Ryan Copy Share Image
The sentence of the first murderer was pronounced by the Supreme Judge of the universe. Was it death? No, it was life.… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 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
We have a legal system, and we have a penal code. We have the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, and people should… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
