Exception Quote by William J. Clinton

It is the policy of the United States not to engage in torture, and there are federal criminal laws that prohibit torture.

— John Yoo

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

Not only is America a country where torture is now policy. It's now outsourced. It's given to companies at a cost-plus basis. It's a…

— John Cusack

In this regard, I reiterate that the prohibition against torture cannot be contravened under any circumstances.

— Pope Benedict XVI

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

— Jerrold Nadler

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

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

— Dianne Feinstein

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

— Mike Pence

If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to…

— Alan Dershowitz

The United States does not torture.

— George W. Bush

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