“I don't think there's any question that someday somebody who is innocent will be executed in this country again.” ThinkingCountryInnocentSomedayDeath PenaltyTry Again Author:Bill McCollum
“The death penalty symbolizes whom we fear and don't fear, whom we care about and whose lives are not valid.” CarePenaltiesDeath Penalty Author:Bryan Stevenson
“And I took a walk and I just went to prayer and I said Lord, what would you have me do in the Minnesota state senate? And just through prayer I knew that I was to introduce the marriage amendment in Minnesota.” SaidStatesPrayerWalksLordSenateAmendmentsIntroducingMinnesota Author:Michele Bachmann
“Very effective way to do this with a bunch of second graders, is take a picture of The Lion King for instance, and a teacher might say, 'Do you know that the music for this movie was written by a gay man?' The message is: I'm better at what I do, because I'm gay.” KnowsMenWayMightTeacherWrittenKingsGayMessagesBunchInstanceDo You KnowLionsGay MenLion King Author:Michele Bachmann
“My husband is not running for the presidency, neither are my children, neither is our business, neither are our foster children.” ChildrenRunningHusbandMy ChildrenMy HusbandPresidencyFoster Children Author:Michele Bachmann
“I would like to see the lack of demonization for those of us who stand on sincerely held religious beliefs. It's overdue. That's where you see the demonization of people who stand on their beliefs.” PeopleBeliefReligiousSincerelyReligious BeliefOverdue Author:Michele Bachmann
“As a member of the New York Senate from 1966 to 1989, I voted 12 times to establish the death penalty in New York... I regret my votes in favor of the death penalty.” New YorkRegretMembersVoteFavorsSenatePenaltiesLaw EnforcementDeath PenaltyI Regret Author:John R. Dunne
“For years I supported capital punishment, but I have come to believe that our criminal justice system is incapable of adequately distinguishing between the innocent and guilty. It is reprehensible and immoral to gamble with life and death.” YearsBelieveJusticeCriminalsPunishmentInnocentGuiltyLife And DeathIncapableLaw EnforcementImmoralDeath PenaltyGambleJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCapital PunishmentCriminal Justice System Author:James Frey
“Conservatives have every reason to believe the death penalty system is no different from any politicized, costly, inefficient, bureaucratic, government-run operation, which we conservatives know are rife with injustice.” PeopleKnowsBelieveDifferentEndsReasonGovernmentRunningResultsInjusticeOperationsPenaltiesDeath PenaltyEnd Results Author:Richard Viguerie
“I'm opposed to the death penalty not because I think it's unconstitutional per se-although I think it's been applied in ways that are unconstitutional-but it really is a moral view, and that is that the taking of life is not the way to handle even the most significant of crimes...Who amongst anyone is not above redemption? I think we have to be careful in executing final judgment. The one thing my faith teaches me-I don't get to play God. I think you are short-cutting the whole process of redemption...I don't want to be the person that stops that process from taking place.” ThinkingWayWantPersonsPlayWholeLife IsProcessViewsMoralTeachCuttingOne ThingCrimeJudgmentFinalsCarefulSignificantHandleRedemptionBe CarefulPenaltiesDeath PenaltyUnconstitutionalExecuting Author:Jay Sekulow