Capital punishment Quote by Henry David Thoreau

If we could do away with death, we wouldn't object; to do away with capital punishment will be more difficult. Were that to happen,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.

— Orrin Hatch

We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great many people…

— George Bernard Shaw

Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot

— Banksy

Many of us do not believe in capital punishment, because thus society takes from a man what society cannot give.

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

Ll our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death.

— John Donne

If people want to take their lives and are helped to do so, the punishment is tragic for all concerned.

— Deborah Moggach

I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to save lives,…

— Tom Coburn

“Now, on the subject of deterrence, I admit that there can be little doubt that as presently administered in the United States, the death…

— John Douglas

All our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death.

— John Donne

We oppose the death penalty not just for what it does to those guilty of heinous crimes, but for what it does to all…

— Joseph Fiorenza

How come life in prison doesn't mean life? Until it does, we're not ready to do away with the death penalty. Stop thinking in…

— Jesse Ventura