If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's records on. Cameron Diaz Actress More Cameron Diaz Quotes 3
Many asylum seekers are highly traumatized people who have survived torture and other severe abuses for whom prolonged detention in jail is particularly harmful. Bill Frelick More Bill Frelick Quotes 1
They were forced to consume the bodily waste of another person. That is disgusting. That is torture. Bill Grant More Bill Grant Quotes 0
There is compelling evidence suggesting that U.S. personnel have committed acts against detainees amounting to torture or cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment. Brad Adams More Brad Adams Quotes 0
If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water. Bulgarian Proverb More Bulgarian Proverb Quotes 0
It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing. Cardinal Newman More Cardinal Newman Quotes 0
Alberto Mora sacrificed an illustrious legal career in government to oppose a policy that condoned the torture and abuse of prisoners in violation of international law. Their courage has inspired others to follow their example, and our government is fortunate to have public servants with such integrity. Caroline Kennedy More Caroline Kennedy Quotes 0
I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop. Clarence B. Kelland American Writer More Clarence B. Kelland Quotes 0
You could line up 100 people against the wall and shoot them all, but is that necessarily torture? Claude Arnold More Claude Arnold Quotes 0
Flying detainees to countries where they may face torture or other ill treatment is a direct and outright breach (of) international law. Claudio Cordone More Claudio Cordone Quotes 0
The heaviest sentence imposed on anyone to date for a torture-related death while in US custody is five months -- the same sentence that you might receive in the US for stealing a bicycle. In this case, the five-month sentence was for assaulting a 22-year-old taxi-driver who was hooded and chained to a ceiling while being kicked and beaten until he died. Curt Goering More Curt Goering Quotes 0
The US government is not only failing to take steps to eradicate torture, it is actually creating a climate in which torture and other ill-treatment can flourish. Curt Goering More Curt Goering Quotes 0
Although the US government continues to assert its condemnation of torture and ill-treatment, these statements contradict what is happening in practice. Curt Goering More Curt Goering Quotes 0
The most notorious problem is the use of torture. It's basically beating confessions out of people. Daniel Wilkinson More Daniel Wilkinson Quotes 0
There's an intermediate risk of torture, ... It's not just a risk of jail, there's no doubt he'll be jailed. David Matas More David Matas Quotes 0
Torture is defined, with reasonable certainty, severe pain and suffering, physical or psychological. It is defined about as well as legal terms can be defined. David Rivkin More David Rivkin Quotes 0
Acts of torture or severe violation of detainees' dignity through the administration of inhuman or degrading treatment are carried outside national territory and beyond the authority of national intelligence services. Dick Marty More Dick Marty Quotes 0
The White House has dodged the truth about torture for too long. With reports of torture in the news virtually every day, it is imperative the president and all in his administration end the secrecy and end the torture. This campaign will allow thousands of Americans to demand that torture in our names is not committed again and insist that the president speak the truth in his State of the Union address about this heinous crime. Dr. William F. Schulz More Dr. William F. Schulz Quotes 0
Many of the countries highlighted in this report have absolutely abysmal records of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees. The United States government must do all it can to end the global culture of torture. But real change can only occur if the Bush Administration not only admits that its own policies perpetuate torture and ill treatment, but also cleans house and stops warehousing detainees in countries with shameful human rights records. Dr. William F. Schulz More Dr. William F. Schulz Quotes 0
We read some pretty moving s that string lines from torture to sexual and physical abuse. It resonates with you and you want to make a difference. It's hard; we live such privileged lives, (it's) hard to sit there and do nothing once you become aware. Eddie Drake More Eddie Drake Quotes 0
To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-- It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. Edgar Lee Masters More Edgar Lee Masters Quotes 0
The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture ought below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe. Eliza Cook More Eliza Cook Quotes 0
Torture is not American, it's un-American; arbitrary detention is un-American and what these young men have suffered and continue to suffer is something for which we, the American justice system, need to hold these people accountable. Eric Lewis More Eric Lewis Quotes 0
Many of these stories are completely fabricated. ... There was no torture. Prison wardens are forbidden to physically abuse inmates. Falun Gong More Falun Gong Quotes 0