Ability Quote by Vladimir Bukovsky

People get all upset about torture, but when you get right down to it, it's really a pretty good way of finding out something…

— George Carlin

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

— Michel de Montaigne

“Because you're a sick fuck who tortures people!" He wagged his finger at me. "You make it sound so simple . It isn't. Not…

— Nenia Campbell

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

— Eduardo Galeano

Torture, as the art of discovering the truth, is barbaric nonsense; it is the application of a material means to a spiritual end.

— Charles Baudelaire

“What’s the definition of torture? I’ll tell you what it is. It’s when someone you can’t stand to be parted from leaves you to…

— Suzanne Palmieri

I mean... mankind has for hundreds of years known that torture is not a very smart way to get information. It's horrible that we're…

— Stellan Skarsgard

You must avoid the investigation trap. You can't postpone tough decisions by studying them to death.

— Percy Barnevik

And you know, I've done a lot of research and I've been working on projects that embrace people who are tortured, or exploring what…

— Kari Skogland

I've done a lot of investigative reporting, and I've confronted a lot of people over the years, sometimes in dark, foreign places. But to…

— Chris Hansen

“the inquisitors of yesteryear knew only too well, as do the country snatchers of today: torture is useless for protecting people. It is only…

— Eduardo Galeano

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

— Molly Ivins