Capital punishment Quote by Lionel Jospin Download Open image “I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies.” — Lionel Jospin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Capital punishment Punishment
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Banning capital punishment takes us to a higher state of consciousness. — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment… We cannot ignore the fact that in recent… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital. — Jerzy Kosinski Copy Share Image
It's time to join the ranks of nations that have put the ugliness of capital punishment behind them. — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers. — Alphonse Karr Copy Share Image
I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment. — James Madison Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
We must lead in a different way... We must have an active president, who gives strong direction and works with the government for its… — Lionel Jospin Copy Share Image
I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of France. — Lionel Jospin Copy Share Image
Co-operation between governments still plays an important role and will remain indispensable. — Lionel Jospin Copy Share Image
It is with great satisfaction that I learned of the adoption by consensus of the Durban Declaration against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and the… — Lionel Jospin Copy Share Image
To promote the process of European integration, we must improve an institutional mechanism already existing in the European Union, reinforced co-operation, by making it… — Lionel Jospin Copy Share Image
The fight against terror is a common imperative for democracies and must become so for all nations. — Lionel Jospin Copy Share Image
If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power. — Lionel Jospin Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Capital punishment...treats members of the human race...as objects to be toyed with and discarded. — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“[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 Copy Share Image
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