Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons. — Alan Parker 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
Conservatives have every reason to believe the death penalty system is no different from any politicized, costly, inefficient, bureaucratic, government-run operation, which… — Richard Viguerie Copy Share Image
“Where are your free and compulsory schools? Does every one know how to read in the land of Dante and of Michael… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“In tourism college they were taught that American notions of what constitutes a personal question are quite different from their own. Tư… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
Everyone is calm and collected but I am telling you something - I am not calm and I am not collected. It's… — Clive Stafford Smith 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
I stood up to the liberal elite when they came to our state (Alabama) and tried to eliminate the death penalty, we… — Troy King Copy Share Image
“Today capital punishment is widely seen as a human rights violation. In 2007 the UN General Assembly voted 105–54 (with 29 abstentions)… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us. — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch be true, religious persecution is a duty. The dungeons of the Inquisition were temples, and the clank of every… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
We oppose the death penalty not just for what it does to those guilty of heinous crimes, but for what it does… — Joseph Fiorenza Copy Share Image
We must work to build a criminal-legal system that is deeply rooted in a love for humanity, which begins with ending the… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
I'm really trying to bring an end to the death penalty because it means so much to me. — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
I support the death penalty for the kingpin, the guy at the top, but I don't think you should throw a drug… — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
We have more families at risk with the death penalty. It targets the voiceless, the poor, people of color. And so it's… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
“From 1500, anyone in China found building a ship with more than two masts was liable to the death penalty; in 1551… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
I'm for the death penalty, I'm pro-abortion, I'm pro-assisted suicide, I'm pro-regular suicide. Anything that'll get the traffic moving. — Bill Maher 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
Jurors realize that instead of having to make that terrible decision (voting for the death penalty), they can vote to put someone… — Robert Falcon Scott Copy Share Image
