“The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense,” she declared. “Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to be utterly abolished.” She gave the example of Great Britain, which had prohibited torture “without any sensible inconveniences.”
Having reverted back to using torture for a time (After 9/11), it's good to see that 200ish years ago people were already saying, it's inhuman. After a while, she said, people would say anything to make the torture stop.
