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title: "24 Punish People Quotes by 23 authors"
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> [Americans are squeamish about anything that seems to punish people for their religious beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-fraser/americans-are-squeamish-about-anything-that-seems-to-punish-people/)

[Caroline Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-fraser/)

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> [“God doesn't punish people who take their lives. They need him more than anyone else. - General George Patton”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-middlemist/god-doesn-t-punish-people-who-take-their-lives-they-need-him-more/)

[Scott Middlemist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-middlemist/)

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> [“When you use your energy and resources to punish people, you run out of energy and resources to protect people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-bryson/when-you-use-your-energy-and-resources-to-punish-people-you-run-out/)

[Kelly Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-bryson/)

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> [“And we'll punish the people who don't conform. Not bodily of course. This is a civilized country.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/and-we-ll-punish-the-people-who-don-t-conform-not-bodily-of-course/)

[Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/)

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> [I won't raise taxes, because I do not want to punish the people for the politicians' mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schwarzenegger/i-won-t-raise-taxes-because-i-do-not-want-to-punish-the-people-for/)

[Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schwarzenegger/)

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> [The world will always punish the few people with special talents the rest of us don’t recognize as real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-world-will-always-punish-the-few-people-with-special-talents-the/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“Bitterness is how we punish ourselves for other people’s sins.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/bitterness-is-how-we-punish-ourselves-for-other-people-s-sins/)

[Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/)

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> [“I don’t need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-paul-young/i-don-t-need-to-punish-people-for-sin-sin-is-its-own-punishment-2/)

[William Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-paul-young/)

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> [Its not our place to punish people we feel have wronged us, those wrongs will bring them down on their own. no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/its-not-our-place-to-punish-people-we-feel-have-wronged-us-those/)

[Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/)

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> [The bottom line is: If any government has a rule that would legally allow it to punish people for things that don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-timpf/the-bottom-line-is-if-any-government-has-a-rule-that-would-legally/)

[Kat Timpf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-timpf/)

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> [I don't need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-p-young/i-don-t-need-to-punish-people-for-sin-sin-is-its-own-punishment/)

[William P. Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-p-young/)

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> [It is always unconscionable for the government to punish people for expressing an idea merely because government officials - or the majority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/it-is-always-unconscionable-for-the-government-to-punish-people-for/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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> [If I was making motorcycles and they came and took one, would that be a crime? Why can't we punish people for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doyle-wolfgang-von-frankenstein/if-i-was-making-motorcycles-and-they-came-and-took-one-would-that-be/)

[Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doyle-wolfgang-von-frankenstein/)

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> [...You can only subject people to anguish who have a conscience. You can only punish people who have hopes to frustrate or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-shriver/you-can-only-subject-people-to-anguish-who-have-a-conscience-you-can/)

[Lionel Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-shriver/)

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> [There should be consequences for those who openly voice racist and fascist opinions. Our politicians should stand up way more; our justice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/til-schweiger/there-should-be-consequences-for-those-who-openly-voice-racist-and/)

[Til Schweiger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/til-schweiger/)

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> [I couldn't believe that talk about Jon Jones fighting Lesnar - that would have zero legitimacy. In society, we punish people that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-hunt/i-couldn-t-believe-that-talk-about-jon-jones-fighting-lesnar-that/)

[Mark Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-hunt/)

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> [“Do not punish people for being honest and truthful. The day we will start punishing people for demonstrating honesty and truthfulness, will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanjeev-himachali/do-not-punish-people-for-being-honest-and-truthful-the-day-we-will/)

[Sanjeev Himachali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanjeev-himachali/)

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> [I don't believe that you should punish the people of Iraq because you don't like their leader. Saddam Hussein is not being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/i-don-t-believe-that-you-should-punish-the-people-of-iraq-because-you/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

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> [We cannot have policies that punish people for taking action. Imagine the further harm it would have caused if the federal government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashida-tlaib/we-cannot-have-policies-that-punish-people-for-taking-action-imagine/)

[Rashida Tlaib](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashida-tlaib/)

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> [The question is, does the punishment fit the crime? So we're not saying that we shouldn't punish people. We're not talking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-jarrett/the-question-is-does-the-punishment-fit-the-crime-so-we-re-not-saying/)

[Valerie Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-jarrett/)

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> [It's true: Whenever I see a government rule that could clearly be used to punish people for doing innocuous things, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-timpf/it-s-true-whenever-i-see-a-government-rule-that-could-clearly-be-used/)

[Kat Timpf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-timpf/)

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> [When governments go too far to punish people for actions that are dissent rather than a real threat to the nation, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-governments-go-too-far-to-punish-people-for-actions-that-are/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [Behavioral economists have shown that a sizable percentage of people are willing to pay real money to punish people who are taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-surowiecki/behavioral-economists-have-shown-that-a-sizable-percentage-of-people/)

[James Surowiecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-surowiecki/)

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> [Antonin Scalia was saying, and Donald Trump knows this as well, the answer to it is not to punish people, to shut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/antonin-scalia-was-saying-and-donald-trump-knows-this-as-well-the/)

[Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/)

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                        "text": "Antonin Scalia was saying, and Donald Trump knows this as well, the answer to it is not to punish people, to shut 'em up, to put 'em in jail. The answer is more speech. If there's some clown burning the flag, drape yourself in the flag and go run around right in the guy's face and start telling him how much you love America. Donald Trump's not gonna put anybody in jail. He's not gonna strip their citizenship. This is how Donald Trump tells people what he thinks about it.",
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