At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Given the sin of impiety through which they [the Romans] sinned against the divine nature [by idolatry], the punishment that led them… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I must not refrain from saying that India can gain more by waiving the right of punishment. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
One improvement I have learned from my childhood experience with my father: I do not threaten punishment in the morning. That was… — Lincoln Steffens Copy Share Image
Punishments and rewards are two sides of the same coin and that coin doesn't buy you much. — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
It can be argued that rapists deserve to be raped, that mutilators deserve to be mutilated. Most societies, however, refrain from responding… — Stephen Bright Copy Share Image
The king governs without decapitation or (other) corporal punishments. Criminals are simply fined, lightly or heavily, according to the circumstances (of each… — Faxian Copy Share Image
The intelligent have a right over the ignorant, namely, the right of instructing them. The right punishment of one out of tune,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Extreme civilization robs crime of its frightful poetry, and prevents the writer from restoring it. That would be too dreadful, say those… — Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly Copy Share Image
“Nonsense. Young boys should never be sent to bed. They always wake up a day older, and then before you know it,… — J.M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“Meneer, said the captain, if man takes unto himself God's right to punish, then he must also take upon himself God's promise… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment. — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
But these days, there's also a strong economic argument for doing away with capital punishment. With California facing its most severe fiscal… — John Van de Kamp Copy Share Image
We are neither prepared to deal with dubious companies nor have the mechanism for swift investigation. What's more we don't even have… — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
Fences, unlike punishments, clearly mark out the perimeters of any specified territory. Young children learn where it is permissible to play, because… — Jeanne Elium Copy Share Image
Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“But how did I murder her? Is that how men do murders? Do men go to commit a murder as I went… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister, and the insolence of his mother; and have suffered the punishment… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Punishment? You don‚Äôt have any right to punish me. And I can curse. I choose not to most of the time, but… — Lexi Blake Copy Share Image
“Why should I give up revenge? On behalf of what? Moral principles? And what of the higher order of things, in which… — Andrzej Sapkowski Copy Share Image
“We create our own reality. The blessing (or problem) with this is that when one creates one's own reality, one must live… — Gary R. Ryan Copy Share Image
“All that evening Nell sat alone in her bedroom trembling with curious satisfaction. For punishment Eva had been sent to her room… — Davis Grubb Copy Share Image
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