Murder Quotes

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The choice of euthanasia becomes more serious when it takes the form of a murder committed by others on a person who has in no… — Pope John Paul II
The notion that persons should be safe from extermination as long as they do not commit willful murder, or levy war against the Crown, or… — George Bernard Shaw
The only negative thing about murder is that when you kills someone they can no longer suffer — Varg Vikernes
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
Our ancestors... purged their guilt by banishment, not death. And by so doing, they stopped that endless vicious cycle of murder and revenge. — Euripides
Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders. — Albert Camus
The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation. — Benjamin Franklin
As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for… — Coretta Scott King
If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but… — Helen Prejean
It should be clear that the death penalty does just the opposite of promoting decency and respect for life. It dehumanizes people and promotes murder.… — John Morrison
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… — William J. Brennan
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
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… — Albert Pierrepoint
If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers,… — Unknown Author
Of one thing, however, I am certain. Just as an execution without adequate safeguards is unacceptable, so too is an execution when the condemned prisoner… — Harry A. Blackmun
Yes, last year we hit a record number of murders from guns [in Chicago]. And this year we are already outpacing last year's numbers. Now,… — Christie Hefner
Currently, we allow our political and business leaders to get away with murder. Now is the time to change that. We need direct liability for… — Kumi Naidoo
Is not nationalism - that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder - one of the great evils… — Howard Zinn
Who knows if the one whose hands are bloodied with Father Grande's murder, or the one who shot Father Navarro, if those who have killed,… — Oscar Romero
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

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