Arbitrary Quote by George Ryan

I am against the death penalty.

— Andrew Cuomo

There is a growing recognition that the death penalty simply can't work. It's a complex system that arbitrarily selects defendants for death and creates…

— Robert Cecil Martin

I'm for a stronger death penalty.

— George W. Bush

I tell myself that I had simply better accept the fact that the death penalty is here to stay in our society, at least…

— Helen Prejean

The possibility of sending an innocent person to their death is a reason why I'm against the death penalty.

— Susanna Reid

One area of law more than any other besmirches the constitutional vision of human dignity. . . . The barbaric death penalty violates our…

— William J. Brennan

I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an error of…

— Albert Einstein

My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me,…

— Steve Earle

From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. For more than 20 years I have endeavored--indeed, I have…

— Harry A. Blackmun

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

Embracing a certain quotient of racial bias and discrimination against the poor is an inexorable aspect of supporting capital punishment. This is an immoral…

— Bryan Stevenson

If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in our country…

— Jimmy Carter