Torturer Quotes

20 quotes by 19 authors

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
"Judge not, that ye be not judge"... is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to others in exchange… — Ayn Rand
Torture presupposes, it requires, it craves the abrogation of our capacity to imagine others suffering, dehumanizing them so much that their pain is not our… — Ariel Dorfman
The United States is now relearning an ancient lesson, dating back to the Roman Empire. Brutalizing an enemy only serves to brutalize the army ordered… — James Risen
Technology is basically neutral. It's kind of like a hammer. The hammer doesn't care whether you use it to build a house, or whether a… — Noam Chomsky
And when pain bites, men bargain. Boys too. We twist and turn, we plead and beg, we offer our tormentors what he wants so that… — Mark Lawrence
The Communist torturers often said, 'There is no God, no hereafter, no punishment for evil. We can do what we wish.' I have heard one… — Richard Wurmbrand
When my sons arrived in the family, their legal status was not ambiguous at all. They were our kids. But their wants and affections were… — Russell D. Moore
High minds, of native pride and force, Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse; Fear, for their scourge, means villains have, Thou art the torturer of… — Walter Scott
As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people. — Tony Kushner
Not the torturer will scare me, nor the body's final fall, nor the barrels of death's rifles, nor the shadows on the wall, nor the… — Roger Waters
Just call in at the torturer on your way out. See when he can fit you in. — Terry Pratchett
To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims. — Ayn Rand
There is no dignity for either the sufferer or the torturer — James Clavell
There is a striking resemblance between the act of love and the ministrations of a torturer. — Angela Carter
Music takes me to places of illimitable sensual and insensate joy, accessing points of ecstasy that no angelic lover could ever locate, or plunging me… — Stephen Fry
Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss. — Alan Moore
Listening to the music while stretching her body close to its limit, she was able to attain a mysterious calm. She was simultaneously the torturer… — Haruki Murakami
I think that that's why I am probably a romantic and a passionate person. But I also have a very disciplined side, very disciplined and… — Shakira
I couldn't bloody believe a prime-time TV show would have an Iraqi ex-Republican Guard torturer as a main character. — Naveen Andrews

Who Wrote These Torturer Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 20 Torturer Quotes as follows: