Your mother all but accused me of something that is, among my kind, the highest crime a man can commit. There is… — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Copy Share Image
The Communist torturers often said, 'There is no God, no hereafter, no punishment for evil. We can do what we wish.' I… — Richard Wurmbrand 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
Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk… — Princess Diana Copy Share Image
Society takes upon itself the right to inflict appalling punishment on the individual, but it also has the supreme vice of shallowness,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If even a small fraction of the money we now spend on trying to enforce drug prohibition were devoted to treatment and… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“Arch your back, Alisa – show me that gorgeous ass. Show me what belongs to me.” Your voice is enthralling; an intoxicating… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
Even when a person suffers pain in consequence of a thorn having entered into his hand, although it is at once drawn… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Since fresh examples and proofs could always be found of the alleged relation between guilt and punishment: if you behave in such… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image
“Well, I have no time for those who say the gods are capricious and beyond human understanding. For a god to need… — Tsugumi Ohba Copy Share Image
In sixth grade, some kid was being inappropriate with a girl. I said he better stop. Next thing were fighting. Then were… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
“[W]e are hardened to what we know, and we rationalise and even justify cruelties practised by us and our like while retaining… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
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… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
“You'd think (losing his job and degree for having made false claims as a researcher) would be a lesson to him," said… — Dorothy L. Sayers 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
I knew quite well, when I gave the names of our agents in the Soviet Union, that I was exposing them to… — Aldrich Ames Copy Share Image
Even if a person hurts you, give him love. The worst punishment is to throw someone out of your heart... You should… — Neem Karoli Baba Copy Share Image
Patriarchy values the hard over the soft; the tough over the tender; punishment, vengeance, and vindictiveness over compassion, negotiation, and reconciliation. The… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
This king governs without decapitation or corporal punishments. Criminals are simply fined, lightly or heavily, according to the circumstances. Even in cases… — Faxian Copy Share Image
I never challenged the ICC verdict. This means I accepted my punishment. It is mentioned in Islamic law that you have got… — Mohammad Amir Copy Share Image
This game is repeated again and again, and in it the role of the so-called 'German princes' is just as miserable as… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Bertrand Russell used to employ the method of "evidence against interest"; in other words of deciding that a critique of capital punishment,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
God in his infinite mercy has devised a way by which justice can be satisfied, and yet mercy can be triumphant. Jesus… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
If the clan did not exact punishment for an offense against the great goddess, her wrath was loosed on all the land… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy… — Oliver Ellsworth Copy Share Image
“Wilson had been killed by everybody. It was this that made his death special, the children had been told. It was justice,… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“Hmmm,” you muse out loud. Your voice is deep and carnal, a sound which sends new surges of desire rushing to my… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
The infernal storm, eternal in its rage, sweeps and drives the spirits with its blast; it whirls them, lashing them with punishment.… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
I do not believe that a man should be restrained in his daily actions by being afraid of punishment after death or… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Cool loneliness allows us to look honestly and without aggressionat our own minds. We can gradually drop our ideals of who we… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Every great sin ought to rouse a great anger. Mob law is better than no law at all. A community which rises… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
Some things come with their own punishments. Like bedrooms with built-in cupboards. They would all learn more about punishments soon. That they… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children… — Henry George Copy Share Image
Her absence had felt like torture--almost a form of personal punishment. He had nobody to discuss his feelings with, and for the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“When you do a bad deed, if God did not forgive you, it might punishes you at the same time of conducting… — Kamaran Ihsan Salih Copy Share Image
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