Answers Quote by Alan Dershowitz

If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to…

— Alan Dershowitz

Torture is illegal, both in the U.S. and abroad. So - and that is true for the Bush administration and for any other administration.

— Jane Mayer

Even if torture works, it cannot be tolerated -- not in one case or a thousand or a million. If their efficacy becomes the…

— John Kiriakou

Torture goes against the very soul of our country. We are a democracy, established on the rule of law.

— Dianne Feinstein

We have laws against torture. The Constitution says nothing whatever about torture. It speaks of punishment; 'cruel and unusual' punishments are forbidden.

— Antonin Scalia

Torture is illegal. Torture is banned by various provisions of the law. I support that.

— Mike Pence

Torture gives you reliable and unreliable information. That's the reason why most people in the world don't do it. So this idea that you…

— John McCain

Torture anywhere is an affront to human dignity everywhere... I call on all governments to join with the United States and the community of…

— George W. Bush

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad…

— Charles Krauthammer

Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get…

— Iain Banks

It is the policy of the United States not to engage in torture, and there are federal criminal laws that prohibit torture.

— John Yoo

Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them... Torture is how you get bad information, not good intelligence. Torture is how…

— Barack Obama