Why is it that we believe God's promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment? — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“Capital Punishment is simply the disposal of a defective product. Nothing more and nothing less.” — Robert M. Roberts Copy Share Image
I believe that inside many Americans lies certain uneasiness about capital punishment. — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“Hard work is never a punishment. If you see it so, you may not do it with the right attitude.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment. — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Certain people become gluttons for punishment, never knowing when they've had their fill. — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
If I ever got into trouble with my sisters or was slacking off, it was always my punishment that I couldn't go… — Joe Harris Copy Share Image
She felt worthless and hollow. There was no hope of fixing this. And when hope is gone, time is punishment. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Despite all the gains for democracy in the world, in many countries anyone who wants to publish truths unwelcome to the government… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
“Such are they who buy the life of this world at the price of the Hereafter. Their punishment shall not be lightened… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Legislation may at times be disobeyed, but never law, for the breaking brings swift punishment of its own. — Myrtle Reed Copy Share Image
How long does it have to go on? This punishment? Haven't I done time enough, haven't I served my term? can't I… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
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
Rather than waste precious time arguing, I went up and started serving my "sentence" without delay. It was usually about an hour… — Peter De Vries 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
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
“[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
A being who can create a race of men devoid of real freedom and inevitably foredoomed to be sinners, and then punish… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
[Jurors who are opposed to capital punishment are] more likely to believe that a defendant's failure to testify is indicative of his… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
Stars are beautiful, but they must not take an active part in anything, they must just look on forever. It is a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Whenever a human being, through the commission of a crime, has become exiled from good, he needs to be reintegrated with it… — Simone Weil 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
“You land a second strike, this time just on my left cheek. It feels hard already and stings like hell. I imagine… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
The man who can face vilification and disgrace, who can stand up against the popular current, even against his friends and his… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
The idea that we would raise billions of sentient animals, treat them horribly, pollute our waterways with their waste, compromise the effectiveness… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
We fight for territory. We see it in our Congress, we see it in our political systems, we see it in our… — Wynton Marsalis 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, perhaps, have corrupted our children and our grandchildren by heedless affluence, by a lack of manliness, by giving the younger generation… — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
Bad art was as good as good art. Grammar and spelling were no longer important. To be clean was no better than… — Norman Tebbit 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 the capacity to be outraged, even disgusted by practices equally cruel which, under the hands of strangers, take a different form.” quote by John Keegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/john-keegan-14504_cruelty_w-e-are-hardened-to-what-we-know-and-we_1330657.png)
![“[Jurors who are opposed to capital punishment are] more likely to believe that a defendant's failure to testify is indicative of his guilt, more hostile to the insanity defense, more mistrustful of defense attorneys and less concerned about the danger of erroneous convictions.” quote by Thurgood Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/thurgood-marshall-10063_attorney_jurors-who-are-opposed-to-capital-punish_875788.png)
![“Given the sin of impiety through which they [the Romans] sinned against the divine nature [by idolatry], the punishment that led them to sin against their own nature followed… I say, therefore, that since they changed into lies [by idolatry] the truth about God, He brought them to ignominious…” quote by Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/thomas-aquinas-837_abandoned_given-the-sin-of-impiety-through-which-t_1913074.jpg)
