Best Capital Punishment Sayings

84 Capital Punishment quotes by 68 unique authors

Whoever insults the message of Mohammed is going to be subject to capital punishment. — Anjem Choudary
Muslims consider the honor of the Prophet Muhammad to be dearer to them than that of their parents or even themselves. To defend it is… — Anjem Choudary
And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least… — Benjamin Tucker
Any assassination is an assassination. It's cold, it's terrible. I'm against any capital punishment. Only the Lord has the right to take away life because… — Shimon Peres
Capital punishment in my view achieved nothing except revenge. — Albert Pierrepoint
To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end… — Christian Nestell Bovee
A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against all mankind, and… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the… — Clint Eastwood
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty. — Henry Ford
I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment. — James Madison
I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again. — Bill Maher
Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is… — Dennis Prager
Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad. — Marilyn vos Savant
As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death. — Paul Simon
Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than countries that do not, so that makes sense… — Charlize Theron
What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing… — Ida B. Wells
The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime--for a second crime is every day committed… — Marquis de Sade
The second item in the liberal creed, after self-righteousness, is unaccountability. Liberals have invented whole college majors--psychology, sociology, women's studies--to prove that nothing is anybody's… — P.J. O'Rourke
It is significant that, as innocent babies are killed, and capital punishment is withheld from their murderers, the same men who plead for the murderer's… — R.J. Rushdoony
We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again. — Mario Puzo
The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the… — Emma Goldman
The argument that capital punishment degrades the state is moonshine, for if that were true then it would degrade the state to send men to… — H. L. Mencken
Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind. It is the deed that teaches not the… — George Bernard Shaw
In countries with a properly functioning legal system, the mob continues to exist, but it is rarely called upon to mete out capital punishment. The… — Teju Cole
If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be… — Steve Allen

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