Inhumane Quotes

When is it just to punish, or not? There are some cases where a person was so mentally disturbed at the time of the offense that it would be inhumane and morally objectionable to convict and punish them. - Richard Bonnie

We need to have clear guidance, in law, that makes it very clear that inhumane treatment of detainees in American captivity is absolutely unacceptable. This problem is hurting us around the world. It's contrary to our values, and we simply must have this as part of the final bill. - Susan Collins

We have no choice. We can't stack dogs on top of one another. That's inhumane. - Noretta Frick

We can't tolerate this inhumane bill. We need to make sure it doesn't happen. - Bryan Evans

We ask the Justice Department and the INS to abide by its own standards and by international human rights standards in the treatment of these detainees. To treat detainees inhumanely is to risk breeding hostility and anger against us where before there may have been none. - William Schulz

We are asking people not to go to school, or work, or shopping and instead to go out and protest against the racist and inhumane measures in this bill. - Nativo Lopez

This is totally inhumane. He's been tortured for days for no reason. - Douglas Hiatt

This is the first time they've said explicitly that the intelligence community should be allowed to treat prisoners inhumanely. - Tom Malinowski

This is reasonable legislation. Food and water are basic care ? not medicine?. To withdraw this basic human need when the purpose is to cause death without the express will of the patient is simply inhumane. - Laura Gese