Common Quote by Confucius

Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without…

— Confucius

Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue…

— Confucius

If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but…

— Confucius

If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no…

— Confucius

Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.

— Christopher Paolini

If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them…

— Confucius

Be gentle and forgiving with yourself, abandon any and all shame, and refuse to engage in any self-repudiation.

— Wayne Dyer

Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.

— Thomas Paine

Disarm the people- that is the best and most effective way to enslave them.

— James Madison

“In an antique city-state, or a modern municipality, shame is the penalty for the violation of ethics—making things more symmetric. Banishment and exile, or,…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking. Let them…

— Saint Ambrose

“SHAME-BASED FAMILY RULES Each family system has several categories of rules. There are rules about celebrating and socializing, rules about touching and sexuality, rules…

— John Bradshaw