Punishing Quotes

128 quotes by 115 authors

Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of… — Frederic Bastiat
Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who… — Tammy Bruce
Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be? — P.J. O'Rourke
One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism and acts of punishing terrorism. It has not happened that… — Theodore Bikel
The body can't distinguish between cleansing and punishing for the body is ignorant, and mute besides. — Joyce Carol Oates
Few of us can easily surrender our belief that society must somehow make sense. The thought that the State has lost its mind and is… — Arthur Miller
I love peace, and am anxious that we should give the world still another useful lesson, by showing to them other modes of punishing injuries… — Thomas Jefferson
There's a group in California that wants to make suicide a capital offense punishable by death. That's like punishing someone for being on a hunger… — Bill Engvall
I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her… — Coretta Scott King
What really drives the battle against law enforcement and punishment is not a commitment to treatment, but the widely held view that, first, we are… — John P. Walters
The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: "It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing." — Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi
Anger should be especially kept down in punishing, because he who comes to punishment in wrath will never hold that middle course which lies between… — Johannes Voet
Though we have clear and full scriptures in the New Testament for abolishing the Ceremonial law, yet we nowhere read in all the new Testament… — George Gillespie
The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is… — A B Yehoshua
We all either work for rich people or we sell stuff to rich people. So just punishing rich people is as bad for the economy… — Rand Paul
[Confiscating a book and punishing its author] is a sign that one does not have a good case, or at least doesn't trust it enough… — Laszlo Radvanyi
In addition, to punishing sexual offenders and protecting our children, we must also provide services, resources and counseling to the people who are victims of… — Jim Costa
God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can. — Ginger Baker
The poor of the world cannot be made rich by the redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking… — P.J. O'Rourke
Good discipline is more than just punishing or laying down the law. It is liking children and letting them see that they are liked. It… — Stanley Greenspan

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