George Ryan's Quotes
Born: 1934-02-24
Profession: Politician
Nation: American
Biography of George Ryan
While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant.
Tags: Public, Training, WhileBecause the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.
Tags: Death, Shall, SystemI support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.
Tags: Death, Error, SupportI'm going to sleep well tonight knowing that I made the right decision.
Tags: Decision, Knowing, SleepWas I involved in selling drivers licenses to people illegally? Hell no I wasn't. Would I have tolerated it? Hell no.
Tags: Hell, Involved, SellingI don't know that we do. I had thought ours worked well, but I had never examined it too closely. A lot of media people will be looking for a case that might make Texas Governor George Bush think twice about what he's doing.
Tags: Looking, Might, ThoughtOur capital system is haunted by the demon of error: error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die. What effect was race having? What effect was poverty having?
Tags: Die, Guilty, Poverty