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Elizabeth Fry1 quote
Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of life appear light to them; and it renders life insecure, inasmuch as the law holds out that property is of greater value than life. — Elizabeth Fry · 1848Helen Prejean1 quote
People are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives. — Helen Prejean · 1993Mary Wollstonecraft1 quote
Executions, far from being useful examples to the survivors, have, I am persuaded, a quite contrary effect, by hardening the heart they ought to terrify. Besides the fear of an ignominious death, I believe, never deterred anyone from the commission of a crime, because, in committing it, the mind is roused to activity about present circumstances. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1796Pope John Paul II1 quote
The culture of life means respect for nature and protection of God's work of creation. In a special way it means respect for human life from the first moment of conception until its natural end. — Pope John Paul II · 1993Thurgood Marshall1 quote
The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis. — Thurgood Marshall · 1972