George Ryan Quotes

While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant.
George Ryan

Training, While, Public

Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.
George Ryan

Death, System, Shall

I 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.
George Ryan

Thought, Looking, Might

I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.
George Ryan

Death, Support, Error

I'm going to sleep well tonight knowing that I made the right decision.
George Ryan

Sleep, Decision, Made

Our 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?
George Ryan

Die, Poverty, Guilty

Was I involved in selling drivers licenses to people illegally? Hell no I wasn't. Would I have tolerated it? Hell no.
George Ryan

Hell, Involved, Selling

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: February 24, 1934

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