Viktor Orban Quotes

I'm actually really opposed to the death penalty.

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

If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murders.

I believe that capital punishment serves no useful purpose and is a form of revenge.

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.

My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty.

I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again.

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?

I don't believe in killing people. I believe in locking you up for the rest of your life.

Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad.

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.

Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane.

Malcolm is worthy of death.

I want to see if she is serious about the death penalty.

As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder of a child or the murder of a police officer. The events of September 11 convinced me that terrorists also deserve the ultimate punishment.

Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed.

While I oppose the death penalty as a policy matter, in a legal culture in which we reserve the right to execute people for relatively routine street crimes, it seems quite absurd for the justice system to get squeamish about executing the operational masterminds of Sept. 11.

It's time to join the ranks of nations that have put the ugliness of capital punishment behind them.

We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it?

I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate.

I don't think I would want the responsibility for enforcing the death penalties. There's always the inevitable question of whether someone you gave the order to execute might truly have been innocent.

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

The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime.

I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.