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386 Penalty quotes by 274 unique authors

I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a country [USA] that's so committed… — Desmond Tutu
I was a supporter and believer in the death penalty, but I've begun to see that this system doesn't work and it isn't functional. It… — Gil Garcetti
By reserving the penalty of death for black defendants, or for the poor, or for those convicted of killing white persons, we perpetrate the ugly… — Joseph Lowery
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns less on the… — Gerald Heaney
I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Society may protect itself without putting a human to death as it would a wild animal. Since we believe each person has a soul, and… — Richard Viguerie
"Salvation is always "good news." It is news of God's love and forgiveness-adoption into His family- fellowship with His people-freedom from the penalty of sin-… — Billy Graham
I am in favour of capital punishment if the execution of the sentence is immediate. The purpose of the death penalty is to send out… — Ujjwal Nikam
I am afraid that it would be a mockery of justice if the death penalty is not imposed. And therefore I pleaded that there are… — Ujjwal Nikam
There has never been any evidence that the death penalty reduces capital crimes or that crimes increased when executions stopped. Tragic mistakes are prevalent...It is… — Jimmy Carter
The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal process... Where the… — Ban Ki-moon
I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an error of justice,… — Albert Einstein
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

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