Elizabeth Fry Quote
Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of life appear light to them; and it renders life insecure, inasmuch as the law holds out that property is of greater value than life.
Note found among her papers
Rachel E. Cresswell and Katharine Fry Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry (1848)
