25 result(s) for Capital Punishment And Death Penalty Quotes.
"I shall ask for the abolition of the penalty of death until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to me."
"I do not believe that the taking of a life extinguishes another life, it simply changes the form. Death is not the end, it is a transition."
"The state is not God. It has no right to take away that which it cannot give back, if proven wrong."
"I would not wish any companion in the world but you."
"Hanging a man is a heroic act."
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."
"The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs."
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"The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime."
"I don't see any great difference between the gas chamber and the electric chair, being burned to death or being drowned in gas. It's all cruel."
"I think capital punishment works in some instances."
"Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life."
"However hideous the monster, he is still my brother."
"The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment."
"Capital punishment is against the better judgment of modern humanity."
"Show me a country where there is no capital punishment and I'll show you a country where crime is rampant. Capital punishment is a deterrent."
"I am against the death penalty."
"I'm against the death penalty because, first of all, it is state-sponsored killing."
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."
"I have labored carefully, not to ridicule, not to lament, nor to condemn, but to understand."
"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily."
"As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together."
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"Human rights must be the heart of our policy."
"The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office."
"We have a justice system that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent."
"I oppose the death penalty not for what it does to the executed, but for what it does to the survivors."
