The ability of so many people to live comfortably with the idea of capital punishment is perhaps a clue to how so… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I take it that the judgment is an essential point in every conviction, let the punishment be fixed or not. — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“...people called it justice, but prison doesn't make everything better," he observes. "Just because someone pays a price doesn't mean they didn't… — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
South Africa is not Cameroon. It's a strong economy. I think they should be the first ones setting an example - improving… — Veronika Varekova Copy Share Image
The theology of the average colored church is basing itself far too much upon Hell and Damnation-upon an attempt to scare people… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Release old concepts and energies that keep you in self-punishment patterns. Release old stories and create from a place of love and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“The idea of death has been associated with the fear of the unknown, and the punishment or reward for our life choices.… — Raphael Zernoff Copy Share Image
“I did not ask for consciousness, yet it came to me. And I had to know. Once again, I crawled away from… — Alysha Speer Copy Share Image
I've always thought having a kid that played soccer would be the worst punishment. After watching 3 min of water polo I… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
Let those who have deserved their punishment, bear it patiently. [Lat., Aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferant.] — Ovid Copy Share Image
To rule by fettering the mind through fear of punishment in another world is just as base as to use force. — Hypatia Copy Share Image
“Justice requires not only the ceasing and desisting of injustice but also requires either punishment or reparation for injuries and damages inflicted… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Punishment is but legalized crime. In a society built on prevention, rather than retaliation, there would be very little crime. The few… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Would you have a strong and virile nation, keep your homes pure; would you reduce delinquency and crime, lessen the number of… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment. — Ovid Copy Share Image
“So often, children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad… — Rebecca Eanes Copy Share Image
“I lay in bed that night, a first-time drunkard at seven years of age, pondering the punishment I knew would arrive on… — Mark Rice Copy Share Image
Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lost in the often-vitriolic national quarrel over immigration reform is any examination of proposed measures that would result in excessive punishment, such… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Attention must be given to the penal consequences of violations of the right to peace, including the punishment by domestic courts or… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
The American justice system administers punishment. It does not conduct inquests and it does not find facts. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
I agree to the conditions, Angel; because you know best what my punishment ought to be; only - only - don't make… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
