Humane Quotes

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...this new idea of cure instead of punishment, so humane in seeming, had in fact deprived the criminal of all rights and by taking away… — C.S. Lewis
If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more humane and decent… — Mark Strand
If the finding of Coines, Medals, Urnes, and other Monuments of famous Persons, or Towns, or Utensils, be admitted for unquestionable Proofs, that such Persons… — Robert Hooke
The bicycle had, and still has, a humane, almost classical moderation in the kind of pleasure it offers. It is the kind of machine that… — J. B. Jackson
Zombies are the liberal nightmare. Here you have the masses, whom you would love to love, appearing at your front door with their faces falling… — Clive Barker
On the one hand, we may tell the truth, regardless of consequences, and on the other hand we may mellow it and sophisticate it to… — H. L. Mencken
It was wrong to be too pragmatic, to judge people solely by results; it was more humane to judge by intentions. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German statesman, an eminent member of the Catholic Party, wrote to the Minister of War, General von Falkenhayn,… — Georges Clemenceau
One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat. — Ingrid Newkirk
Immigration should be enforced in a proportional and humane manner. — Roger Mahony
The history of any nation follows an undulatory course. In the trough of the wave we find more or less complete anarchy; but the crest… — Aldous Huxley
Whenever man forgets that man is an animal, the result is always to make him less humane. — Joseph Wood Krutch
Yet hold it more humane, more heav'nly, first, By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear. — John Milton
Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and… — Raymond Chandler
I think that it has to be a very humane approach to this issue, and we have to come up with solutions to it. But… — John McCain
Realizing our society as it is, without theology dogmatically telling us how we should react to it, and being humane toward that society, that is… — Vidal Sassoon
This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how? — Friedrich Durrenmatt
To be on the safe and humane side, let every relative and friend ... remember the golden rule, which has never been suspended with respect… — Clifford Whittingham Beers
I like the idea of bringing cartoon characters to life... and although the Americans have already attempted this, their culture is not sufficiently humane to… — Gerard Depardieu
More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation. — David Korten

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