Civilized Quote by Jerrold Nadler

If waterboarding does not constitute torture, then there is no such thing as torture.

— Christopher Hitchens

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

I don't believe that we should limit waterboarding - or, quite frankly, any other alternative torture technique - if it means saving Americans' lives.

— Aaron Schock

We have laws against torture. The Constitution says nothing whatever about torture. It speaks of punishment; 'cruel and unusual' punishments are forbidden.

— Antonin Scalia

Congress has taken an action now that makes it absolutely improper and illegal to use waterboarding... or any other form of torture by our…

— Jeff Sessions

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

— Dianne Feinstein

Torture injures everyone who comes into contact with it and corrodes the country that abides it.

— Rene Balcer

Torture is illegal. Torture is banned by various provisions of the law. I support that.

— Mike Pence

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

I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, its perfectly clear to me it is torture. I never supported extraordinary rendition to torture, always said…

— David Miliband

Torture takes over someone's nervous system. Torture takes over what they feel. Torture takes over and penetrates into their mind and into their body.…

— Mark Danner

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