Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
- Winston ChurchillThe challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.
- Orhan PamukBodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.
- Thomas Jefferson