Roger Ebert Quote

The ability of so many people to live comfortably with the idea of capital punishment is perhaps a clue to how so many Europeans were able to live with the idea of the Holocaust: Once you accept the notion that the state has the right to kill someone and the right to define what is a capital crime, aren't you halfway there?

Review of Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (4 February 2000). - Reviews - Four star reviews