Taking Life Quotes

Of crimes injurious to the persons of private subjects, the most principal and important is the offense of taking away that life, which is the immediate gift of the great creator; and which therefore no man can be entitled to deprive himself or another of, but in some manner either expressly commanded in, or evidently deducible from, those laws which the creator has given us; the divine laws, I mean, of either nature or revelation.

War has its necessities...and I have always understood that. Always known the cost. But, this day, by my own hand, I have realized something else. War is not a natural state. It is an imposition, and a damned unhealthy one. With its rules, we willingly yield our humanity. Speak not of just causes, worthy goals. We are takers of life.

Consent is not a defense in the taking of the life of another.

Life means nothing to you, at least that's what they say. But it doesn't mean that you have the right to take life away.

It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.

Taking the life of another is always a moral crime.

Although I considered putting my eight years of Boy Scout experience and love for our nation to the test by joining the military, I did not want to put myself in a position where I might be commanded to take the life of another, and quickly ended my flirtation with military service.

Man by violating his own feelings becomes cruel. And how deeply seated in the human heart is the injunction not to take life.

On this Good Friday, a day when we recall our Savior’s own execution, we appeal to all people of goodwill, and especially Catholics, to work to end the death penalty …. The death penalty offers the tragic illusion that we can defend life by taking life.

To kill, in war or in any circumstance, creates a silence. It is right that silence should surround the taking of life. After all, the life taken is not ours to take.

How do people come up with a date and a time to take life from another man? Who made them God?

Pity it is to slay the meanest thing.

A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust.

Once you take a life, that's it. I don't even deserve to be here.