Death Quote by Jimmy Carter

“Today capital punishment is widely seen as a human rights violation. In 2007 the UN General Assembly voted 105–54 (with 29 abstentions) to declare…

— Steven Pinker

There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as somehow unworthy of a civilized society.

— Antonin Scalia

“The death penalty costs too much. Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the…

— Helen Prejean

Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons.

— Helen Prejean

It's time to join the ranks of nations that have put the ugliness of capital punishment behind them.

— Pete Buttigieg

Any nation or government that deprives an individual of freedom is in that moment committing an act of moral and spiritual murder. Any individual…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“We may remain more or less open-minded on the subject of the death penalty, indisposed to commit ourselves, so long as we have not…

— Victor Hugo

The United States, under President Trump, is abdicating an important moral obligation to all democracies by seeming to shrug off the most egregious of…

— S.E. Cupp

The death penalty is reserved for people who do not

— Paul Simon

As the world continues to turn away from the use of the death penalty, it is a glaring anomaly that China, Saudi Arabia, Iran…

— Irene Khan

We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it?

— Tony Randall

“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