Inflicted Quotes

202 quotes by 179 authors

Whenever a human being, through the commission of a crime, has become exiled from good, he needs to be reintegrated with it through suffering. The… — Simone Weil
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes… — Marquis de Sade
Every murder or other injury, no matter for what cause, committed or inflicted on another is a crime against humanity. — Mahatma Gandhi
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and so… — Kevin Rudd
The American president [George W. Bush] closes his eyes to the economic and human damages that are inflicted on his country and the world economy… — Unknown Author
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable,… — Bertrand Russell
This so-called ill treatment and torture in detention centers, stories of which were spread everywhere among the people, and later by the prisoners who were… — Unknown Author
A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than the fear of… — Ramsey Clark
The facts are there that we have created, man has, a self-inflicted wound that man has created through global warming. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Absolute morality is the regulation of conduct in such a way that pain shall not be inflicted. — Herbert Spencer
All honor's wounds are self-inflicted. — Andrew Carnegie
O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could… — Patrick Henry
All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice. — Joseph de Maistre
The struggle for world domination is between me and the Jews. All else is meaningless. The Jews have inflicted two wounds on the world: Circumcision… — Adolf Hitler
In the trial of Saddam Hussein on Tuesday, witnesses emotionally testified about the abuse the former dictator inflicted on them. Afterward, a tearful Saddam said,… — Amy Poehler
Sometimes I think that the only effective and productive method of destroying speciesism would be for each uncaring human to be forced to live the… — Gary Yourofsky
Truth cannot be imparted. [] It must be inflicted. — Brian Evenson
The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters, and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional do-gooders,… — Henry Grady Weaver
Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented - which is what… — Louise Bourgeois
It is difficult to estimate the misery inflicted upon thousands of persons, and the absolute pecuniary penalty imposed upon multitudes of intellectual workers by the… — Charles Babbage

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