Accountability Quote by Yousef Munayyer Download Open image “Acknowledgment of torture is not accountability for it.” — Yousef Munayyer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accountability Acknowledgment Torture
This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Torture remains unacceptable and unjustified at all times, including during states of emergency, political instability, or even in a war. — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
We continue to see undeniable evidence that abuse and torture has been widespread and systematic, yet high-level government officials have not been held accountable… — Anthony Romero Copy Share Image
We do not need torture as an available instrument of interrogation. — Jerrold Nadler Copy Share Image
The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear. — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
It is the policy of the United States not to engage in torture, and there are federal criminal laws that prohibit torture. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Torture has been privatized now, so you have obviously the whole scandal in America about the abuse of prisoners and the fact that, army… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
The one thing we know about torture is that it was never designed in the first place to get at the actual truth of… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
Torture goes against the very soul of our country. We are a democracy, established on the rule of law. — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred. — Yousef Munayyer Copy Share Image
Sadly, the same leaders who call on Palestinians to abandon violence have been silent in the face of Israeli repression. By condemning violent Palestinian… — Yousef Munayyer Copy Share Image
The international community...cannot simply call on Palestinians to abandon violence in the face of Israeli occupation and remain silent when the nonviolent activists are… — Yousef Munayyer Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most dehumanizing thing in Gaza is people there don't have the time to properly mourn the dead before strikes kill even more — Yousef Munayyer Copy Share Image
Like many resisting oppression, Palestinian Gandhis are likely to be found in prisons after being repressed by Israeli soldiers or police or in the… — Yousef Munayyer Copy Share Image
Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In the battle for police reform, accountability and justice, Americans don't have to re-invent the wheel. We just have to revoke the thing that… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
Transparency pertains to impartial behavior, implies openness, communication, and accountability. Inculcate transparency in attitude and experience a life free of controversy and blame — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.… — Atifete Jahjaga Copy Share Image
Democracy is not being well served as we're accustomed to. There is less information, there's less investigation, there's less analysis, there's less accountability. — Edward Greenspon Copy Share Image
I come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results. — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to our god alone. I enquire after no man's and trouble none with mine;… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
This strongly asserted but ill-defined license to kill without accountability is not an entitlement which the United States or other states can have without… — Philip Alston Copy Share Image
Responsible Development shares many practices with XP but the roots are different. Responsible Development's values are honesty, transparency, accountability and responsibility. These lead me… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge… is empathy, for it… — Bill Bullard Copy Share Image
The American people deserve accountability over wasteful spending, and we accomplish that by prioritizing taxpayer dollars in a responsive and responsible manner. — Katie Britt Copy Share Image
