Capital punishment...treats members of the human race...as objects to be toyed with and discarded. — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Repentance is not punishment, it is the hope filled path to a more glorious future. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
The message has to be sent that if you commit a crime there has to be punishment. — Benigno Aquino III Copy Share Image
“And finally, your punishment WILL be cruel and unusual (no TV or IPad for a week, etc…)” — Jon Ziegler Copy Share Image
“Is it not true that in ancient times the worst punishment of all was not death, but banishment?” — Jean Said Makdisi 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
The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them always. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Any open net was an unforgivable crime meriting immediate punishment, and [Di Stefano] carried out the sentence by stabbing at it like… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
“but the crime is more important than the punishment. I enliven all of me in my happy instinct for destruction.” — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
In times of crisis, the incumbent suffers. And the bigger the crisis, the greater the punishment inflicted on those in power unless… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
They take away your shoelaces and your belt so you can’t kill yourself no matter how bad it is. I guess making… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
O. J. Simpson has already received the ultimate punishment: For the rest of his life he has to associate with golfers. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible... — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
For every crime there is a price, due by pain or shame; underneath every monster lies a beast that isn't tame. — Jamie Timbre Copy Share Image
I have yet to see a serious act of violence that was not provoked by the experience of feeling shamed and humiliated,… — James Gilligan Copy Share Image
The greatest miracle that the Almighty could perform would be to make a bad man happy, even in heaven; he must unparadise… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Fear guides more to their duty than gratitude; for one man who is virtuous from the love of virtue, from the obligation… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Retribution is tricky. . . . The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Frederick agreed that the punishment of La Barre was extreme; for his part he would rather have condemned the youth to read… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the [Jews] people who would punish them for their corruption. The last punishment was carried out… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
Those of us who don't want to worship an invisible being or spend our days fretting about punishment in Hades do want… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The knowledge exists by which universal happiness can be secured; the chief obstacle to its utilization for that purpose is the teaching… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“We read the pagan sacred books with profit and delight. With myth and fable we are ever charmed, and find a pleasure… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I know my grandfather drank occasionally socially, what we call "taking a sip." And my father never touched the bottle. He condemned… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
“I stood behind the man’s chair, my blade at his throat. “Why do you do it?” I asked, knowing he wouldn’t answer.… — Alysha Speer 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
When you pray to God resignedly, as though patiently accepting the punishment of grief at the death of a loved one, and… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
A remedy [for masturbation] which is almost always successful in small boys is circumcision, especially when there is any degree of phimosis.… — John Harvey Kellogg Copy Share Image
While criticism or fear of punishment may restrain us from doing wrong, it does not make us wish to do right. Disregarding… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Violence comes from the belief that other people cause our pain and therefore deserve punishment. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“It is better to tell the truth and face the punishment, than to lie and face the consequences.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
I've had a long career with a lot of fights, and I've taken a lot of punishment. — Carlos Condit Copy Share Image
Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I don't really take punishment from fights; the punishment is from the training, from my teammates. — Israel Adesanya Copy Share Image
I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment. — James Madison Copy Share Image