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.

I am haunted by the demon of error - error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die.

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

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

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

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