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286 Death Penalty quotes by 172 unique authors

We as the Church need to express wherever appropriate and wherever possible our stance against the death penalty. We need to talk about it. A… — Unknown Author
It's ironic that the Bible belt is the killing belt - Texas, Florida, Alabama, Virginia, and so forth, Georgia. Chief executioners. — Joseph Lowery
I think the clearest manifestation for anyone who doubts that racism and classism exist in America, all one need do is take a real serious… — Tim McDonald
When the state executes a member of the human family, it declares that person worthless, without possibility of redemption. As Christians, we believe this is… — Doug Davidson
To condemn someone to death is to surrender; it proves that you failed. You are not able to change him, to change her; you have… — Nhat Hanh
We need some clergy with some backbone, who don't mind making uncomfortable at times those who are very comfortable, and challenging them at the core… — Tim McDonald
It's interesting to me that killing damages the image of God when it's done by a person, but it doesn't damage it when it's done… — Joseph Lowery
I was eight years old when my father was murdered. It is almost impossible to describe the pain of losing a parent to a senseless… — Unknown Author
You believe an eye for an eye until you are put in that situation. If they kill those guys, it really doesn't mean much to… — Michael Jordan
It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution. — Russ Feingold
To top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics, it costs more to pursue a capital case toward execution than… — Ralph Nader
Capital punishment, like the rest of the criminal justice system, is a government program, so skepticism is in order. — George Will
A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than the fear of… — Ramsey Clark
California's death penalty is ... an incredibly costly penalty, and the money would be better spent keeping kids in school, keeping teachers and counselors in… — Gil Garcetti
My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this. — Dalai Lama
People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Most people approve of capital punishment, but most people wouldn't do the hangman's job. — George Orwell
I believe that no one should be executed, guilty or innocent. There are appropriate sanctions that protect society and punish wrongdoers without forcing us to… — Mike Farrell
There is a very broad theory that society gets the right to hang, as the individual gets the right to defend himself. Suppose she does;… — Wendell Phillips
It doesn't make any difference if you are in favor of capital punishment or if you are opposed to capital punishment. The fact of the… — Unknown Author
From the moment you are in that cell, when they tell you you're going ot be electrocuted, you contemplate it all the time. It never… — Jay Smith
The attorney general doesn't favor one method or the other, he favors the death penalty. — Unknown Author
Commute me, execute me. Don't drag it out. — Unknown Author
Capital punihsment: That without the Capital get the punishment. — Unknown Author
I don't think there's any question that someday somebody who is innocent will be executed in this country again. — Bill McCollum

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