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Penalty Quotes by Plato
- The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man.
- The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
- And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean the suicide, who…
- The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.
- To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.
- And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and they, too, go their ways condemned by the truth to…
- The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
- The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
More Penalty Quotes
- We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals? — Brigitte Bardot
- I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row. — Gary Bauer
- Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among… — Pope Benedict XVI
- For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why?… — Albert Camus
- I don't have any authority to talk about the domestic policies of America. But as an outsider, I am mystified by the… — Nick Cave
- Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death… — Yasser Arafat
- I have 3,000 penalty minutes. I don't need people dictating to me how to do my job. — Tie Domi
- If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll… — Bob Paisley
- I'm for a stronger death penalty. — George W. Bush
- The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part… — Elbert Hubbard
- If we refuse our homage to statues and frigid images, the very counterpart of their dead originals, with which hawks, and mice,… — Tertullian
- The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you. — Nancy Astor