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I cannot in all conscience agree to anyone being sent to the gallows. God alone can take life because He alone gives it . .… — Mahatma Gandhi
I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What does it come… — Victor Hugo
When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the promise that capital… — Thurgood Marshall
The same divine authority that forbids the killing of a human being establishes certain exceptions, as when God authorizes killing by a general law or… — Saint Augustine
Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated can be compared. For there to be an equivalency, the… — Albert Camus
Frankly, I don't think you should perform in a plaza where thousands of Cubans have been subjected to the death penalty, by firing squad, including… — Unknown Author
When contemplating college liberals, you really regret once again that John Walker is not getting the death penalty.We need to execute people like John Walker… — Ann Coulter
If the Pope were to deny that the death penalty could be an exercise of retributive justice, he would be overthrowing the tradition of two… — Avery Dulles
Given my experience, I believe there are three compelling reasons why the death penalty should be replaced. (1) The criminal justice system makes mistakes and… — George Gascon
Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is. — George W. Bush
If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime ban. Death penalty.… — Pete Rose
The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often. — Edward Abbey
The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due process.… — Burke Marshall
From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. For more than 20 years I have endeavored--indeed, I have struggled--along… — Harry A. Blackmun
I think more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty. — Nancy Reagan
The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European… — Anthony Burgess
Despite the courts efforts to fashion a death penalty scheme that is just, fair and reliable, the system is not working. Innocent people are being… — Unknown Author
I don't think there's any words in the English language to explain what it's -what it's like to- to sit on Texas death row and… — Unknown Author
Where would Christianity be if Jesus got eight to fifteen years with time off for good behavior? — Unknown Author
The death penalty serves no one. It doesn't serve the victims. It doesn't serve prevention. It's truly all about retribution....There comes a time when you… — Jeanne Woodford
Obviously, certain sins often may escape detection. Homosexuals who practice behind closed doors are out-of-bounds for the courts, of course, unless others witness their criminal… — Gary DeMar
May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world. — Pope John Paul II
While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still… — Pope Benedict XVI
First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty. — Patricia Cornwell
In Europe, when tobacco was first introduced, it was immediately banned. In Turkey, if you got caught with tobacco, you had your nose slit. China and Russia imposed… — Andrew Weil

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