Conclusion Quote by Giles Fraser

Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get…

— Iain Banks

I apply the Abraham Lincoln test for moral casuistry: 'If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.' Well, then, if waterboarding does not constitute…

— Christopher Hitchens

Torture gives you reliable and unreliable information. That's the reason why most people in the world don't do it. So this idea that you…

— John McCain

The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense. Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to be utterly…

— Catherine the Great

Torture goes against the very soul of our country. We are a democracy, established on the rule of law.

— Dianne Feinstein

Torturing a human being is almost always wrong, but it is not absolutely wrong.

— Peter Singer

Torture, as the art of discovering the truth, is barbaric nonsense; it is the application of a material means to a spiritual end.

— Charles Baudelaire

The aim of torture is to destroy a person as a human being, to destroy their identity and soul. It is more evil than…

— Inge Genefke

Torture is illegal, both in the U.S. and abroad. So - and that is true for the Bush administration and for any other administration.

— Jane Mayer

If we condone torture, we yield the moral high ground to our enemies and encourage anyone who hates us to stoop to using that…

— Rick Warren

Torture is senseless violence, born in fear... torture costs human lives but does not save them. We would almost be too lucky if these…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them... Torture is how you get bad information, not good intelligence. Torture is how…

— Barack Obama