Death Quote by Harry A. Blackmun Download Open image “The death penalty experiment has failed.” — Harry A. Blackmun ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Death Death penalty Experiments Human rights Inspirational Penalties
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The death penalty in the U.S. has become a political tool - and it should never be that. — Lennie James Copy Share Image
The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members. — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
The death penalty system is fundamentally flawed - it is inequitable, ineffective, and it has no place in this Commonwealth or this country. — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image
I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error. — George Ryan Copy Share Image
Despite the courts efforts to fashion a death penalty scheme that is just, fair and reliable, the system is not working. Innocent people are… — Moses Harrison Copy Share Image
The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I wonder if these death penalty proponents would still hold that it's worth some risk of error if it were their loved one who… — Antoinette Bosco Copy Share Image
Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed. — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
It has become increasingly difficult for states or the federal government to apply the death penalty. But why even try? Nothing is accomplished, and… — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
If there is any truth to the old proverb that "one who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client," the Court… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies. — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
The mandated description of fetal characteristics at two-week intervals, no matter how objective, is plainly overinclusive. [It is] not medical information that is always… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
I hope you will be yourself, human, even a little sentimental, possessed of a sense of humor and a sense of humility. . .… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
This Court repeatedly has recognized that the whole subject of the domestic relations of husband and wife belongs to the laws of the States… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death, — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
Of one thing, however, I am certain. Just as an execution without adequate safeguards is unacceptable, so too is an execution when the condemned… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently. — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It was beautiful. He thought he had never seen anything so beautiful in all his life; that, having seen it, he could die content,… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
With multiplayer, permanent death, and an ever-changing world to explore and conquer, 'A Valley Without Wind' might be the place you're looking for if… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
“What did you see?” she asked gently. His brow furrowed, as if he could not understand the question. Then his eyes turned to the… — J. Anthony Torino Copy Share Image
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“I practice Dying--every night-- But have not learned to, still-- Though Talented--by Mortal bones-- For such a common Skill.” — Alan W. Powers Copy Share Image
“You must understand the pain and grief of losing someone is nothing more than a function of survival.” — Steven Cooper Copy Share Image
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
