Sam Brownback Quotes

The death penalty not only takes away the life of the person strapped to the table - it takes away a little bit of the humanity in each of us.

I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end somebody's life, no matter what that person has supposedly done or not done.

I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.

I'm actually really opposed to the death penalty.

The death penalty issue is obviously a divisive one. But whether one is for or against, you can not deny the basic illogic - if we know the system is flawed, if we know there are innocent people on Death Row, then until the system is reformed, should we not abandon the death penalty to protect those who are innocent?

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

The death penalty is abolished – even at the front!

The death penalty saves lives.

Those who favor capital punishment do so in the name of justice. Can there be any argument against insisting that it be imposed justly—and not on the wrong people.

Having fully expressed our conviction that the punishment of death is one which should sometimes be inflicted, we may add that we would have it resorted to as unfrequently as possible.

The highest and ultimate political power is capital punishment.

I don’t like the death penalty but it was the law in Ohio. Therefore as a prosecutor I sought the death penalty and as a judge I imposed the death penalty. It was the law and you have to obey the law.

Is it right for us, as a society, to do a thing – hang a man – which none of us individually would be prepared to do or even witness? The answer is 'no, not in a civilized society

It has become increasingly difficult for states or the federal government to apply the death penalty. But why even try? Nothing is accomplished, and while the chances of making a mistake are now diminished - DNA can prove guilt as well as innocence - life in prison is a worthy substitute.

My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.

I'm really trying to bring an end to the death penalty because it means so much to me.

The death penalty question should be put on the agenda in Hungary.

But I'm not pro death penalty. I - I'm just anti the notion that it is not a matter for democratic choice, that it has been taken away from the democratic choice of the people by a provision of the Constitution.

The death penalty is becoming a way of life in this country.

Everybody believes that capital punishment is wrong, but when they look at certain cases, they're quick to say, 'Put them to death,' or scream 'capital punishment.'

I was badly mauled by people in New York State for being against the death penalty for 12 years.

My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.

'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death.

I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row.

Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.