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Executions Quotes by Albert Pierrepoint
- It is said to be a deterrent. I cannot agree....I do not now believe that any one of the hundreds of executions I carried out…
- I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the…
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- I tell myself that I had simply better accept the fact that the death penalty is here to stay in our society,… — Helen Prejean
- It is said to be a deterrent. I cannot agree....I do not now believe that any one of the hundreds of executions… — Albert Pierrepoint
- You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans. — George Carlin
- A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- Medicine has made all its progress during the past fifty years. ... How many operations that are now in use were known… — Mark Twain
- There has never been any evidence that the death penalty reduces capital crimes or that crimes increased when executions stopped. Tragic mistakes… — Jimmy Carter
- Our emotions may cry for vengeance in the wake of a horrible crime, but we know that killing the criminal will not… — Ramsey Clark
- All this happiness on display is suspect... If they think - and they could be right - that continued torture and summary… — Ian Mcewan