Death Penalty Should Not Be Abolished Quotes & Sayings

[The] penalty of death was abolished in the Roman empire, a law of mercy most delightful to the humane theorist, but of which the practice, in a large and vicious community, is seldom consistent with the public safety. — Edward Gibbon

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals? — Brigitte Bardot

May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world. — Pope John Paul II

I have come to think that capital punishment should be abolished. — Jack Kemp

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty. — Angela Davis