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If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of… — Richard Stallman
In a pure capitalist system, an institution as moronic and corrupt as Bank of America would be swiftly punished by the market - the executives… — Matt Taibbi
Obviously, people who commit crimes should be punished. Even people who steal socks and 'Snow White' videos should probably do time if they have priors,… — Matt Taibbi
March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a 'gentleman gambler' when the Big Dance rolls around.… — Hunter S. Thompson
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. — Voltaire
Clever tyrants are never punished. — Voltaire
In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and… — Andrew Weil
If you're a nobody, if your work has no impact, then it deserves to be praised. If, however, you climb out of that state of… — Paulo Coelho
The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves. — V.S. Naipaul
Let me say the good are often punished unfairly. — Ann Rinaldi
Wrong doing must be punished. If not, it will proliferate until anarchy wears the robes of tolerance and understanding. — Terry Goodkind
Why couldn't the merciful God turn down the sunlight so it wasn't blasting like a red furnace against his aching eyes? Because he'd worshipped the… — Nora Roberts
It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world… — John Adams
The world is ruled by neither justice nor morality; crime is not punished nor virtue rewarded, one is forgotten as quickly as the other. The… — Tadeusz Borowski
The worst of it is that I am perpetually being punished for nothing; this governor loves to punish, and he punishes by taking my books… — Oscar Wilde
In the first century CE, Roman authorities punished St. Apollonia by crushing her teeth one by one with pliers. Colin often thought about this in… — John Green
In books, the truth makes everything good and fine. The good prevail. The wicked are punished. There is happiness. But it's not like that really,… — Libba Bray
All those who try to unveil the mysteries always have tragic lives. At the end they are always punished. — Anais Nin
People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they… — Pema Chodron
You wanted to look at life for yourself - but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish. You were ground in the… — Henry James
Criminals should be punished, not fed pastries. — Daniel Handler
But Anatole said suddenly, 'Don't expect God's protection in places beyond God's dominion. It will only make you feel punished. I'm warning you. When things… — Barbara Kingsolver
A glooming peace this morning with it brings; The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head: Go hence, to have more talk of these… — William Shakespeare
Actual life was chaos, but there was something terribly logical in the imagination. It was the imagination that set remorse to dog the feet of… — Oscar Wilde
In the common world of fact the wicked were not punished, nor the good rewarded. Success was given to the strong, failure thrust upon the… — Oscar Wilde

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