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# Sister Helen Prejean

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Helen Prejean is an American Catholic religious sister and a leading advocate for the abolition of the death penalty.

##  Quotes by Sister Helen Prejean

> [ “\[T\]here are some human rights that are so deep that we can't negotiate them away. I mean people do heinous, terrible things.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sister-helen-prejean/t-here-are-some-human-rights-that-are-so-deep-that-we-can-t-negotiate/)

[Sister Helen Prejean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sister-helen-prejean/)

[An-eye-for-an-eye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/an-eye-for-an-eye-7849/)

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> [“I stand morally opposed to killing: war, executions, killing of the old and demented, the killing of children, unborn and born. .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sister-helen-prejean/i-stand-morally-opposed-to-killing-war-executions-killing-of-the-old/)

[Sister Helen Prejean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sister-helen-prejean/)

[Beginning of life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beginning-of-life/)

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                        "text": "“[T]here are some human rights that are so deep that we can't negotiate them away. I mean people do heinous, terrible things. But there are basic human rights I believe that every human being has. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the United Nations says it for me. And it says there are two basic rights that can't be negotiated that government doesn't give for good behavior and doesn't take away for bad behavior. And it's the right not to be tortured and not to be killed. Because the flip side of this is that then when you say OK we're gonna turn over -- they truly have done heinous things, so now we will turn over to the government now the right to take their life. It involves other people in doing essentially the same kind of act.\" (PBS Frontline: Angel on Death Row )”",
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