"Though the British tortured enemy captives during the American Revolution, Gen. George Washington would not do it, thereby distinguishing this country by its humanity."

—Arthur Schlesinger, American historian
      http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/01/washington/01schlesinger.html

"Torture brings Americans down to the level of the people who torture. It is not only immoral, but illegal."

Source:

Church-goers and torture
Britt E. Towery, Jr., Free-lance writer,
retired Baptist pastor and missionary.
(BlogSpot: Along the Way Columns, 05/07/2009)
http://britt-towery.blogspot.com/2009/05/church-goers-and-torture.html

Article Reference:

"Matthew quotes Jesus as saying ‘Turn the other cheek. Do not repay evil for evil. Go the second mile.  Love your enemies. ...May God have mercy on our souls for not being clear that we are following the Lord of Love, the Creator of the Universe, and not expedient political policy."

Source:

54% of Weekly Church Attenders Believe Torture is OK
(WordPress: Chuck Warnock - Confessions of a Small-Church Pastor, 04/30/2009)
http://chuckwarnockblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/54-of-weekly-church-attenders-believe-torture-is-ok

"What is this thing called 'Christianity' in this country, Lord Jesus? Does it have anything to do with you? It seems a strangely Americanized thing, a disastrously domesticated faith toward which people can nod their heads in loyalty as long as it doesn’t conflict with their full participation in whatever this country feels like it wants to do."

—David Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University
      http://www2.mercer.edu/Theology/About/David+P.+Gushee.htm

Articles:

Moral Relativism: A Little Torture is Just Fine?
By Jeff Schweitzer (HuffingtonPost, April 28, 2009)
[ Dr. Schweitzer served at the White
House during the Clinton Administration
as Assistant Director for International Affairs
in the Office of Science and Technology Policy ]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-schweitzer/moral-relativism-a-little_b_191568.html

Faith Leaders Call Torture Immoral
Clerics Call For Campaign To Take Opposition To Congressmen
By Frances Grady Taylor
(CommonDreams, Hartford Courant, 09/20/2006)
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0920-03.htm

The Abolition of Torture By Andrew Sullivan
(The New Republic Journal, 12/19/2005)
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=a4e8a176-9c0c-4f26-ae58-8ef750a566b0

Research:

ACAT-USA / Action by Christians Against Torture (USA)
http://acatusa.org

Evangelicals for Human Rights (EHR)
http://www.evangelicalsforhumanrights.org

National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT)
http://www.nrcat.org

The Religious Dimensions of the Torture Debate
(Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life,
04/29/2009 - Updated 05/07/2009)
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=156

Washington's Crossing By David Hackett Fischer
Oxford University Press US, 2006
[ Read: Google Books Preview - Chapter: The Fall of New York
- Hard Choices - pg 276 - George Washington's Instructions
on the treatment of Hessians captives at Trenton ]
http://books.google.com/books?id=STcoJP7esp4C
.