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
(Related: Office, Public, Training, Years)

"Was I involved in selling drivers licenses to people illegally? Hell no I wasn't. Would I have tolerated it? Hell no."
- George Ryan
(Related: People, Selling, Hell)

"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
(Related: Effect, Error, Guilt, Poverty, Race)

"I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error."
- George Ryan
(Related: Death, Error, Support)

"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
(Related: Death)

"I'm going to sleep well tonight knowing that I made the right decision."
- George Ryan
(Related: Decision, Right, Sleep)