Ethical Quote by Sam Harris

Torture gives you reliable and unreliable information. That's the reason why most people in the world don't do it. So this idea that you…

— John McCain

The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense. Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to be utterly…

— Catherine the Great

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

I truly believe that if torture had worked and there was a case to be made for it, we would see that on the…

— Robert Baer

Torture is senseless violence, born in fear... torture costs human lives but does not save them. We would almost be too lucky if these…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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

— Dianne Feinstein

There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it is effective,…

— Noam Chomsky

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 is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them... Torture is how you get bad information, not good intelligence. Torture is how…

— Barack Obama

Torture is illegal. Torture is banned by various provisions of the law. I support that.

— Mike Pence

Personally, I do not think that torture is necessary. But it may be the case that interrogation methods that go beyond questioning, but do…

— John Yoo

The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.

— Ed Markey