Controversial Issue Quotes

Proposals to abolish the death penalty demnstrate an effeminacy in the general mind of the country.

I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.

I am far from a perfect pro-lifer.

I don't agree with capital punishment as it is now, because too often mistakes are made. But I think that if you eliminate the mistakes, then there are times when it is justified.

I didn't grow up believing that abortion was a good choice for women, but since it was legal, I thought it must be okay.

Yes, Dr. King is pro-gun just as surely as Jesus would be pro-nails.

Tiananmen Square is a sensitive topic because many things happened there. The idea of turning the plaza into a forest makes many people feel uncomfortable.

In this generation, the issue pressing that question on our consciences is the issue of abortion.

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

I take no pride in having been the first public personality to come out publicly against Simpson. It just happened that way.

Everyone has an opinion when it comes to immigration - strong, intense opinions.

When people say things like "don't let this moment pass without acting on gun control," what they're really saying is our arguments are so unpersuasive that they can only succeed when people aren't thinking clearly.

Anybody that brings up amnesty in this Congress, we need to just take the scarlet 'A' for amnesty and pin it on them.

Does the imam have a legal right to build the mosque at Ground Zero? The answer is yes. But is it the right thing to do? The answer is no. And most Americans, and most moderate Muslims, join with me in that call.

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.

I can't think of a more life-changing procedure for a young woman than an abortion.

Nothing is more personal, more individual, more important to women than the plank on abortion.

Abortion is a hard thing for Hollywood to deal with because it is so controversial and you don't want to alienate half your audience by sending one message or the other.

I don't believe you back off being pro-life: You don't stop being pro-life because they say you're mean because you're pro-life.

I don't know how I became controversy's favourite child.

I am not pro-abortion any more than I am pro-appendectomy.

It was muscled through. People were just told to forget their qualms and vote.

I'll leave it to others to try to determine whether or not that was unfair or not. I'm not the nominee.

I’m not blind or deaf to the fact that there are those who feel this is a ceremony that should not take place.

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.