Capital punishment Quote by Joel Norris

“The next time believers tell you that 'separation of church and state' does not appear in our founding document, tell them to stop using…

— Dan Barker

“The very mention of crucifixion was taboo in polite Roman circles, since it was the lowest form of capital punishment, reserved for slaves and…

— N.T. Wright

It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.

— Maimonides

Let us leave the EEC, abolish human rights laws, take TV sets, pool tables and phones out of prisons, bring back corporal and capital…

— Ken Bates

The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime--for a second crime is every day…

— Marquis de Sade

Capital punishment kills immediately, whereas lifetime imprisonment does so slowly. Which executioner is more humane? The one who kills you in a few minutes,…

— Anton Chekhov

To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.

— Desmond Tutu

Capital punishment...treats members of the human race...as objects to be toyed with and discarded.

— William J. Brennan

But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even those of…

— Tertullian

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

— Woody Allen

“[T]here are some human rights that are so deep that we can't negotiate them away. I mean people do heinous, terrible things. But there…

— Sister Helen Prejean

I favor capital punishment. It saves lives.

— Nancy Reagan