Abolition Quote by Marquis de Lafayette

'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death.

— Marquis de Sade

I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.

— James Madison

From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ... I fell morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede…

— Harry A. Blackmun

I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an error of…

— Albert Einstein

If it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further…

— John Brown

From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. For more than 20 years I have endeavored--indeed, I have…

— Harry A. Blackmun

The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have…

— Desmond Tutu

“In a word, commercial competition, under the paternal aegis of the law, allows the great majority of merchants-— and this fact is attested to…

— Élisée Reclus

“If, before every action, we were to begin by weighing up the consequences, thinking about them in earnest, first the immediate consequences, then the…

— José Saramago

“Our responsibility before God is an inalienable aspect of our human dignity. Its final expression will be on the day of judgment. Nobody will…

— John Stott

I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies.

— Lionel Jospin

Punishment is a vital need of the human soul.

— Simone Weil