“I must have justice, or I will destroy myself. And not justice in some remote and infinite time and space, but here on Earth...I want to see with my own eyes the lamb lie down with the lion and the victim rise up and embrace his murderer. I want to be there when everyone suddenly understands what it has all been about. All the religions of the world are built on this longing, and I am a believer.” WorldWantEyeEarthLyingJusticeMy OwnSpaceBuiltInfiniteVictimEmbraceLongingBelieverLionsMurdererTime And SpaceLambsInfinite Time Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far as Seattle before his crime was discovered.” TwoAbleGamesAttitudeHeardCrimeVictimChessBoardsMurdererSeattle Book:The Athletic Benchley: 105 Exercises from the Detroit Athletic Club News Source: The Athletic Benchley: 105 Exercises from the Detroit Athletic Club News
“It is possible to have pardon without forgiveness-a murderer can be pardoned by the governor, but that does not mean the victim's family has forgiven him. And there can be forgiveness without pardon.” MeanDoeForgivenessVictimGovernorsForgivenMurdererPardon Author:Allen C. Guelzo
“Terrorists and murderers are so dangerous. We shouldn't fall victim to believe that they are immune.” BelieveFallDangerousVictimTerroristMurdererImmune Author:Shimon Peres
“Executing a murderer is the only way to adequately express our horror at the taking of an innocent life. Nothing else suffices. To equate the lives of killers with those of victims is the worst kind of moral equivalency. If capital punishment is state murder, then imprisonment is state kidnapping and restitution is state theft.” IfsWayKindStatesMoralWorstHorrorMurderVictimPunishmentInnocentKillersMurdererTheftImprisonmentCapital PunishmentKidnappingExecutingRestitutionInnocent Life Author:Don Feder
“Compassion for victims is sometimes forgotten in a misapplied concern for their oppressors and murderers.” SometimesCompassionConcernVictimForgottenMurdererOppressors Author:Max Anders
“When it is established that government by right can take wealth from some and give it to others. When a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law, men will use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they have passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket.” MenGivingBelieveUseGovernmentLawWinningForceWealthRaceSafeStandardsVictimProductionsCriminalsMurdererRuthlessBrutalityMagnetRobbersRobbingDefenselessRuthlessnessLooting Author:Ayn Rand
“Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws.” ThinkingLawGunMercyVictimLibertarianTerroristGun ControlMurdererBansGun LawGun Ban Author:Michael Badnarik
“Just each of us being me, me, me first. The murderer, the victim, the witness each of us thinks our role is the lead. Probably that goes for anybody in the world.” ThinkingWorldFirstsRolesVictimWitnessMurdererBeing Me Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“There is no need for me to curse you -the murderer survives the victim only to learn that it was himself that he longed to be rid of. Hatred is self-hatred.” NeedsSelfHatredVictimCurseMurdererSelf Hatred Author:Thornton Wilder
“Like everyone, I'm saddened and horrified by this. All I'll say is that I'm personally trying to pay more attention to the victims than to their murderer. I certainly will not be mentioning the murderer. I don't think he warrants our attention-particularly since he so clearly wanted it.” ThinkingTryingRealWantedPayAttentionVictimMurdererWarrantsSaddened Author:John Green
“If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the killing of a bunch of innocent victims. I would much rather risk the former. This, to me, is not a tough call.” IfsFactsFailingRiskEffectsToughMurderVictimKillingBunchInnocentFormerMurdererDeath PenaltyDeterrentInnocent Victims Author:John C. McAdams
“Every one of the aristocratic conspirators and would-be murderers claims to be an arch-patriot; every one of them insists that the war is being waged to make the world safe for democracy. What humbug! What rot! What false pretense! These... tyrants, these red-handed robbers and murderers, the "patriots," while the men who have the courage to stand face to face with them, speak the truth, and fight for their exploited victims - they are [called] the disloyalists and traitors. If this be true, I want to take my place side by side with the traitors in this fight.” IfsMenWorldWantWarWould BeFacesFightingSpeakSidesDemocracyHe ManSafeRedClaimsVictimBeing TrueTyrantsAntiwarSolitaryPatriotMurdererFace To FacePretenseSpeak The TruthTraitorRobbersArchesAristocraticHumbugConspirators Author:Eugene V. Debs
“One area of law more than any other besmirches the constitutional vision of human dignity. . . . The barbaric death penalty violates our Constitution. Even the most vile murderer does not release the state from its obligation to respect dignity, for the state does not honor the victim by< emulating his murderer. Capital punishment's fatal flaw is that it treats people as objects to be toyed with and discarded. . . . One day the Court will outlaw the death penalty. Permanently.” PeopleHumansDoeStatesLawVisionObjectsHonorOne DayAreasDignityTreatsConstitutionVictimCourtPunishmentObligationReleaseFlawsPenaltiesMurdererDeath PenaltyHuman DignityOutlawDiscardedCapital PunishmentBarbaricFatal Flaws Author:William J. Brennan
“Look, words are like the air: they belong to everybody. Words are not the problem; it's the tone, the context, where those words are aimed, and in whose company they are uttered. Of course murderers and victims use the same words, but I never read the words utopia, or beauty, or tenderness in police descriptions. Do you know that the Argentinean dictatorship burnt The Little Prince ? And I think they were right to do so, not because I do not love The Little Prince , but because the book is so full of tenderness that it would harm any dictatorship.” ThinkingKnowsLooksLittlesBookUseProblemCoursesCompanyAirPoliceVictimHarmToneDescriptionDo You KnowTendernessDictatorshipMurdererUtopia Author:Juan Gelman