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Punishment Quotes by Simone Weil
- Whenever a human being, through the commission of a crime, has become exiled from good, he needs to be reintegrated with it through suffering. The…
- Punishment is a vital need of the human soul.
- As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving…
- The man who has known pure joy, if only for a moment ... is the only man for whom affliction is something devastating. At the…
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces… — Rick Riordan
- All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation. — Conrad Black
- It's not that life has been easy, perfect or exactly as expected. I just choose to be happy and grateful no matter… — Albert Einstein
- It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr. — Saint Augustine
- The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading… — Paul Auster
- In Italy, the Inquisition was condemning people to death until the end of the eighteenth century, and inquisitional torture was not abolished… — Carl Sagan