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Death Penalty Quotes by William J. Brennan
- Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but also in some…
- The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's humanity. The most…
- With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the state punishes with…
- At bottom, the battle has been waged on moral grounds. The country has debated whether a society for which the dignity of the individual is…
- It is tempting to pretend that minorities on death row share a fate in no way connected to our own, that our treatment of them…
- One area of law more than any other besmirches the constitutional vision of human dignity. . . . The barbaric death penalty violates our Constitution.…
More Death Penalty Quotes
- 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… — 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… — Lenny Bruce
- For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why?… — Albert Camus
- To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to… — 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… — Nick Cave
- Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death… — 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… — 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… — 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… — John Fugelsang