Quotes about punish
punishment suffering sides
God is on the side of virtue; for whoever dreads punishment suffers it, and whoever deserves it, dreads it . Charles Caleb Colton
punishment joy endless
Death is no punishment to the believer: it is the gate of endless joy. Charles Spurgeon
punishment words-of-wisdom rooms
The saying within the writer's room, which were my words of wisdom, if you will, was, "The punishment doesn't have to fit the crime, but there has to be a crime." David Shore
punishment unjust administration
Embracing a certain quotient of racial bias and discrimination against the poor is an inexorable aspect of supporting capital punishment. This is an immoral condition that makes rejecting the death penalty on moral grounds not only defensible but necessary for those who refuse to accept unequal or unjust administration of punishment. Bryan Stevenson
punishment crime certainty
Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment Cesare Beccaria
punishment might body
All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism. Catherine the Great
punishment might rewards
I had taught myself that a human being might as well look for diamond tiaras in the gutter as for rewards and punishments that were fair. Kurt Vonnegut
punishment religion doe
Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad conscience. August Strindberg
punishment roots evil
The twin conceptions of sin and vindictive punishment seem to be at the root of much that is most vigorous, both in religion and politics. Bertrand Russell
punishment affection natural
But I feel this, Helen: I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly. It is as natural as that I should love those who show me affection, or submit to punishment when I feel it is deserved. Charlotte Bronte
punishment people administration
Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment. Chanakya
punishment desperate individual
Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later. Charles Mackay
punishment needs swiftness
There are a lot of messages that need to be sent to the criminal who is out there dealing in this on the streets of the United States. We need to send the message of swiftness and certain punishment. Bill McCollum
punishment religion stones
Irish Catholicism is very much founded on the stone of fear and of punishment. Edna O'Brien
punishment champion suffering
It is the writer's business not to accuse and not to prosecute, but to champion the guilty, once they are condemned and suffer punishment. Anton Chekhov
punishment cupboards
Some things come with their own punishments. Arundhati Roy
punishment faces habit
He must have known me if he had seen me as he was wont to see me, for he was in the habit of flogging me constantly. Perhaps he did not recognize me by my face. Anthony Trollope
punishment trying merit
The case of Andrews is really a very bad one, as appears by the record already before me. Yet before receiving this I had orderedhis punishment commuted to imprisonmentand had so telegraphed. I did this, not on any merit in the case, but because I am trying to evade the butchering business lately. Abraham Lincoln
punishment path repentance
Repentance is not punishment, it is the hope filled path to a more glorious future. Richard G. Scott
punishment wish might
I wish you to inform the Court that my absence, though deliberate, is not intended in any way to be disrespectful. Nor is it prompted by any fear of the punishment which might be inflicted on me. Bram Fischer
punishment tyrants envy
The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy. Juvenal
punishment evil guilt
Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous to the author of the crime. This is the first punishment of guilt that no one who is guilty is acquitted at the judgment seat of his own conscience. [Lat., Exemplo quodcumque malo committitur, ipsi Displicet auctori. Prima est haec ultio, quod se Judice nemo nocens absolvitur.] Juvenal
punishment accepting serving
I accept my punishment and will begin serving my suspension immediately. Chris Davis
punishment acting opponents
Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered person's family. Dennis Prager
punishment dumb soul
Current Catholic worship often ignores the essential connection between truth and beauty, body and soul, at the center of the Catholic worldview. The Church requires that we be faithful, but must we also be deaf, dumb, and blind? I deserve to suffer for my sins, but must so much of that punishment take place in church? Dana Gioia
punishment way psychological
A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment. B. F. Skinner
punishment would-be today
Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward. Arlen Specter
punishment spirit break
Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them. Barbara Deming
punishment inspire purpose
The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State. Edward Abbey
punishment people killing
The main objection to killing people as a punishment...is that killing people is wrong Auberon Waugh
punishment funeral physicians
Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician. Ben Jonson
punishment mind delight
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment. Ben Jonson
punishment joy
Are there any punishments in life but our joys turned against us? Elizabeth Bibesco