Cesar Chavez Quotes

You do not have the right to take another human's life, unless it's in strict self-defense.

There is no more important value than upholding the right to life in all circumstances.

The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval.

The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' does not say it's O.K. to kill some people and not others.

Saving lives is the top morality.

All human beings are intrinsically valuable, and the intentional taking of human life by private persons is always wrong.

I think life is too sacred to ever take it in any circumstances, even for the cure of a disease or something like that.

I have to certainly stand for life. I know that there are some who disagree, and I respect their point of view. But I believe that life begins at conception. The only exception I have to have on abortion is in that case - of the life of the mother. I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize life is that gift from God.

I believe in the sanctity of human life, from the womb to the tomb.

States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

I am strongly pro-life, and have fought to protect the rights of the unborn my entire career. I will continue to fight for this cause because I value the sanctity of all human life.

It's wrong to kill.

To kill a human being is, after all, the least injury you can do him.

My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.

What I have advocated is that we pass law in this country that says all human life at every stage of its development is worthy of protection. In fact, I think that law already exists. It is called the Constitution of the United States.

Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed.

I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to save lives, should be a capital offense, as it is in most states in America today.

The death penalty will seem to the next generation, as it seems to many even now, an anachronism too discordant to be suffered, mocking with grim reproach all our clamorous professions of the sanctity of life.

I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of society.

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being’s entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign...

Human cloning and attempts at creating animal-human hybrids are immoral and unethical practices that devalue human life and have questionable, if any, scientific merit. These practices are a direct affront to the sanctity of human life in this state, and have no place in our society.

We were never concerned with the Kantian-priestly and vegetarian-Quaker prattle about the "sacredness of human life.

I value human life. I don't want to see human life taken away unnecessarily.

The state and its leaders have not only a responsibility but also a vested interest in defending the sacredness and value of every human life.

I have said often, and I am sure of it, that the greatest destroyer of peace in the world today is abortion. If a mother can kill her own child, what is there to stop you and me from killing each other? The only one who has the right to take life is the The One who has created it.