Infliction Quotes

23 quotes by 22 authors

There is an essential difference between the decease of the godly and the death of the ungodly. Death comes to the ungodly man as a… — Charles Spurgeon
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists - that is why they invented hell. — Bertrand Russell
Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of the world, to… — Peter Singer
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
I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the infliction of [death]… — Harry A. Blackmun
I told that girl, in the kindest, gentlest way, that I could not consent to deliver judgment upon any one's manuscript, because an individual's verdict… — Mark Twain
As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man's inhumanity to man, regardless - there is… — Rosa Parks
Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, . . .… — Abraham Lincoln
War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of the human spirit. — Robert Fisk
A 'civilization' that makes such a ridiculous fuss about alleged 'war crimes' - acts of violence against the actual or potential enemies of one's cause… — Savitri Devi
Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond… — John Yoo
... Grief is selfish. It is indulged in for self-gratification, not for love. Cosmic man knows the beauty and unreality of death. Sympathy for the… — Walter Russell
The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the… — William J. Brennan
Every man aims at avoiding what causes him pain; the activities of government ultimately consist in the infliction of pain. All great achievements of mankind… — Ludwig von Mises
Even should it be conclusively proved that human beings benefit directly from the suffering of animals, its infliction would nevertheless be unethical and wrong. — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
In the application of Satyagraha, I discovered, in the earliest stages, that pursuit of Truth did not admit of violence being inflicted on one's opponent,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Bush is almost always clear when he's speaking cruelly. For example, when the subject is the punitive infliction of great pain, there is no problem… — Mark Crispin Miller
It has been the resolution of mankind in all ages of the world. No people, no age, ever threw away the fruits of past wisdom,… — William Hazlitt
Be guided, only by the healer of the sick, the raiser of the dead, the friend of all who were afflicted and forlorn, the patient… — Charles Dickens
Monotony has nothing to do with a place; monotony, either in its sensation or its infliction, is simply the quality of a person. There are… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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