Emergency Quote by Antonio Guterres

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 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

The alternative position to whether torture is acceptable - that's not an alternative position, that's barbarism. The question here is not whether torture is…

— Henry Giroux

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

— Dianne Feinstein

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

The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense. Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to be utterly…

— Catherine the Great

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

— Mike Pence

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

In this regard, I reiterate that the prohibition against torture cannot be contravened under any circumstances.

— Pope Benedict XVI

In more than half the nations of our world, torture certifies that the form of government is tyranny. Only tyranny, no matter how camouflaged,…

— Martha Gellhorn

Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment,…

— Peter Benenson

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

— John Yoo