To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Here was a torture that Greek inventors of the Feast and the Stone had omitted from their Hades: the Blanket of Self-Deception.… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Clarinet n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments worse than a… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Haymitch isn't thinking of arenas, but something else. "Johanna's back in the hospital." I assumed Johanna was fine, had passed her exam,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end, giving them… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
When something in life occurs that is troubling, we are supposed to not dwell on the thing itself. Instead, the focus should… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
Love doesn't happen in an instant. It creeps up on you and then it turns your life upside-down. It colours your waking… — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
The United States government does not authorise or condone torture of detainees. Torture, and conspiracy to commit torture, are crimes under US… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
In an era where the White House is abusing power, is excusing and authorizing torture and is spying on American citizens, I… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
It troubled me that we had these reports of torture of detainees, we had people jailed at Guantanamo Bay who couldn't even… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
There's just no doubt in my mind - under any set of rules - water boarding is torture. — Tom Ridge Copy Share Image
People shouldn't stay married because of the kids. That's torture for everyone. — Sofia Vergara Copy Share Image
We should be able to refuse to live if the price of living be the torture of sentient beings. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Let us be today's Christians. Let us not take fright at the boldness of today's church. With Christ's light let us illuminate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How do we find words for describing levels of betrayal and emotional, physical, sexual and spiritual torture that fragment and destroy a… — Valerie Sinason Copy Share Image
A healthy-minded boy should feel hearty contempt for the coward and even more hearty indignation for the boy who bullies girls or… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Torture is senseless violence, born in fear... torture costs human lives but does not save them. We would almost be too lucky… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
President Bush on Monday defended U.S. interrogation of terrorists, saying 'We do not torture.' He added, 'We freedom electrocute.' — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Hegemony is not defined by rivers or conventional borders - it's dominance, it's influence. So we get to decide in our hearts,… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative revolution.… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image