Best Punishment Wisdom

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Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward. — Pema Chodron
I do not believe having a baby is punishment. — Allen West
If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime ban. Death penalty.… — Pete Rose
The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State. — Edward Abbey
I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in… — Thomas Jefferson
Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens...are a departure from the plan of the holy… — Thomas Jefferson
Because I always try so hard to win and had my troubles in Boston, I was suspended. At playoff time, it hurts not to be… — Unknown Author
The chief problem in any community cursed with crime is not the punishment of the criminals, but the preventing of the young from being trained… — W. E. B. Du Bois
The divine process of change manifests itself to our human understanding . . . as punishment, torment, death, and transfiguration. — Carl Jung
Death does not trouble me. I have no fear of supernatural punishments, of course, nor could I enjoy an eternal life in which there would… — B.F. Skinner
Since the masses of the people are inconstant, full of unruly desires, passionate, and reckless of consequences, they must be filled with fears to keep… — Polybius
But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment? — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It's kind of like sentencing. A lot of people say that we have a heavy sentence for this crime and a light sentence for another… — Rush Limbaugh
Men are less hesitant about harming someone who makes himself loved than one who makes himself feared because love is held together by a chain… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward. — Arlen Specter
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
Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived. — Emile M. Cioran
Why is it that we believe God's promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment? — Francis Chan
If in my fight I can encourage even some people to understand and to abandon policies they now so blindly follow, I shall not regret… — Bram Fischer
The man that does not fear punishment, little regards crime. — Norm MacDonald
It is indeed better (as no one ever could deny) that men should be led to worship God by teaching, than that they should be… — Saint Augustine
In pain shall you bring forth children, woman, and you shall turn to your husband and he shall rule over you. And do you not… — Tertullian
The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature, he has become free from… — Alfred Kinsey
A civilized society looks with horror upon the abuse and torture of children or adults. Even where capital punishment is practiced, the aim is to… — Unknown Author
I wonder why it is that we so often imprison ourselves in the opinions of other people. There can be no punishment worse than conspiring… — Dawna Markova

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