Death Penalty Quotes

286 quotes by 196 authors

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals? — Brigitte Bardot
I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row. — Gary Bauer
Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging… — Pope Benedict XVI
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses. — Lenny Bruce
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts… — Albert Camus
To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society… — Albert Camus
I don't have any authority to talk about the domestic policies of America. But as an outsider, I am mystified by the fact that you… — Nick Cave
Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those… — Yasser Arafat
I'm for a stronger death penalty. — George W. Bush
The Bible identifies 15 crimes against the family worthy of the death penalty. ABORTION is treason against the family and deserves the DEATH PENALTY. ADULTERY… — R.J. Rushdoony
The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for murder, but he… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs, Pro-Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Guns, Pro-Torture, Pro-Land Mines, AND still call yourself 'Pro-Life.' — John Fugelsang
Remember, the death penalty is murder. — Robert Drew
If a Muslim becomes a non-Muslim and propagates his/her new religion, then it is as good as treason. There is a Death Penalty in Islam… — Zakir Naik
The death penalty is a poor person's issue. Always remember that: after all the rhetoric that goes on in the legislative assemblies, in the end,… — Helen Prejean
This is an execution, not surgery. Where does that come from, that you must find the method of execution that causes the least pain? — Antonin Scalia
Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. — Woody Allen
What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very real one, which… — Albert Camus
When people of color are killed in the inner city, when homeless people are killed, when the "nobodies" are killed, district attorneys do not seek… — Helen Prejean
Evidence of innocence is irrelevant! — Mary Sue Terry

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