Quote by United Nations

We have laws against torture. The Constitution says nothing whatever about torture. It speaks of punishment; 'cruel and unusual' punishments are forbidden.

— Antonin Scalia

“Victims becoming torturers is such a classic historical pattern that we could formulate, regarding any revolution whatever, this iron law : combat oppression; beware…

— Pascal Bruckner

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

“No form of punishment will be inflicted,”

— Suzanne Collins

“But the punishment-body relation is not the same as it was in the torture during public executions. The body now serves as an instrument…

— Michel Foucault

“But a punishment like forced labour or even imprisonment – mere loss of liberty – has never functioned without a certain additional element of…

— Michel Foucault

“How torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Torture is the act of making someone die a slow death, making the prisoner die several times.”

— Elie Wiesel

Torture can destroy the social fabric of communities, degrade a society's institutions, and undermine the integrity of its political systems.

— Peter Maurer

“Torture when inflicted on children becomes indefensible. Even among those who believe that torture is a defensible practice to extract information, the case for…

— Henry A. Giroux

If you are sentenced to torture for a crime, yes, that is a cruel punishment. But the mere fact that somebody is tortured is…

— Antonin Scalia

“As well you know, the laws of the land do not permit torture,”

— Annelisa Christensen