Penalties Quotes

409 Penalties quotes by 299 unique authors

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
With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe… — Elie Wiesel
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… — William J. Brennan
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
It is well-nigh obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinities with murderers than those who oppose it. — Remy de Gourmont
The movement to abolish the death penalty needs the religious community because the heart of religion is about compassion, human rights, and the indivisible dignity… — Helen Prejean
The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence… — Desmond Tutu
From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ... I fell morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that… — Harry A. Blackmun
Standing alone among great democratic nations in imposing the death penalty is another moral decision that Americansare being forced to confront. — Jimmy Carter
The death penalty doesn't need your assent to continue ... it needs your indifference. — Unknown Author
I am pleased that I am able to stand here today and say with a pure heart and meaningful heart that I am against the… — Mamie Till
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
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
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
The attorney general doesn't favor one method or the other, he favors the death penalty. — Unknown Author
The death penalty symbolizes whom we fear and don't fear, whom we care about and whose lives are not valid. — Bryan Stevenson
As a member of the New York Senate from 1966 to 1989, I voted 12 times to establish the death penalty in New York... I… — Unknown Author
Conservatives have every reason to believe the death penalty system is no different from any politicized, costly, inefficient, bureaucratic, government-run operation, which we conservatives know… — Richard Viguerie
I'm opposed to the death penalty not because I think it's unconstitutional per se-although I think it's been applied in ways that are unconstitutional-but it… — Jay Sekulow
At some point in this death-penalty debate, the sanctity of innocent life demands that men and women of conservative conscience have to say: Enough. — Rod Dreher
The costs can't be borne by smaller counties particularly, so if the crime occurs in a large county you might be charged with the death… — Unknown Author
It is time for conservatives to do what they do best and insist that a wasteful, inefficient government program gets off the books. Small government… — Christy Clark

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