Civilized Quote by Marisha Pessl

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

The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn't call.

— Alain de Botton

I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture and I'm going to make sure that we don't torture. Those are part and parcel an…

— Barack Obama

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

— Rene Balcer

Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free.

— Jerrold Nadler

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

Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.

— Michel de Montaigne

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

— Dianne Feinstein

Torture anywhere is an affront to human dignity everywhere... I call on all governments to join with the United States and the community of…

— George W. Bush

Torture is not torture when there’s any hope of relief.

— Tahereh Mafi

There's been a lot of experience with torture in history. It doesn't work.

— Molly Ivins

The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear.

— Eduardo Galeano