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Even apart from the image of a truly merciless God that contradicts everything we can assume from what Jesus says about the Either of the… — Hans Kung
Secrets are my currency: I deal in them for a living. The secrets of desire, of what people really want, and of what they fear… — Hanif Kureishi
Back in pre-Revolutionary America cruel and unusual punishment meant the rack and burning at the stake... in more recent rulings it has been taken to… — Tom Clancy
Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that… — Georges Bernanos
To call it a crime against Mankind is to miss at least half its significance, it is also the punishment of a crime. — Unknown Author
Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot — Banksy
That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of… — George Berkeley
I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about the external punishment which awaited the children of sin in… — Edvard Munch
In my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick, and with the threat of punishment in Hell hanging over… — Edvard Munch
As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder of… — Howard Dean
Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment — Cesare Beccaria
For every crime that comes before him, a judge is required to complete a perfect syllogism in which the major premise must be the general… — Cesare Beccaria
For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure. — Lois Lowry
Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody's… — Thomas More
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in… — Thomas More
Nobody ever got anything from God on the grounds that he deserved it. Haven fallen, man deserves only punishment and death. So if God answers… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Discipline is not punishment. Discipline is changing someone’s behavior. — Nick Saban
Society, and the family as its psycho social agent, has to solve a difficult problem: How to break a person's will without his being aware… — Erich Fromm
Punishment is the root of violence on our planet. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Fear of punishment diminishes self-esteem and goodwill. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
When we fear punishment, we focus on consequences, not on our own values. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Punishment also includes judgmental labeling and the withholding of privileges. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Violence comes from the belief that other people cause our pain and therefore deserve punishment. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Fear of corporal punishment obscures children's awareness of the compassion underlying the parent's demands. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Power-Over leads to punishment and violence. Power-With leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame,… — Marshall B. Rosenberg

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