Retribution Quotes

148 quotes by 124 authors

All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation. — Conrad Black
To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to… — Louis D. Brandeis
To do evil for good is human corruption; to do good for good is civil retribution; but to do good for evil is Christian perfection.… — Thomas Secker
We need to be kinder with one another, more gentle and forgiving. We need to be slower to anger and more prompt to help. We… — Howard W. Hunter
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature. — Hosea Ballou
Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality - which answers only to… — Brandon Sanderson
Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers. — Ron Silver
Retribution is really a stone age concept. — Thomas Metzinger
If mythic violence is lawmaking, divine violence is law-â€‹destroying; if the former sets boundaries, the latter boundlessly destroys them; if mythic violence brings at once… — Walter Benjamin
If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between death… — Immanuel Kant
If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface. — Alvin Rosenfeld
The death penalty serves no one. It doesn't serve the victims. It doesn't serve prevention. It's truly all about retribution....There comes a time when you… — Jeanne Woodford
It is a just retribution for improper sexual misconduct — Mother Teresa
A man who has no assured and ever present belief in the existence of a personal God or of a future existence with retribution and… — Charles Darwin
Have it compose a poem -- a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the… — Stanislaw Lem
A traitor commits his crime but once. The rest/is retribution. — Marie Howe
Plans to exact retribution are never going to make us safer. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The poor homosexuals -- they have declared war upon nature, and now nature is extracting an awful retribution (AIDS). — Pat Buchanan
AIDS is nature's retribution for violating the laws of nature. — Pat Buchanan
Andy Harp'sÂ RETRIBUTIONÂ is a stunner: Â a blow to the gut and shot of adrenaline. Â Here is a novel written with authentic authority… — James Rollins

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