Punishment Quotes - Page 33

• No punishment is so terrible as prosperous guilt.

  William Ellery Channing

  Guilt, Terrible, Prosperous

  William Ellery Channing (1835). “Slavery”, p.60

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• Moral laws are set as a curb and restraint to these exorbitant desires, which they cannot be but by rewards and punishments, that will over-balance the satisfaction any one shall propose to himself in the breach of the law.

  John Locke

  Law, Balance, Desire

  John Locke (1836). “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding”, p.28

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• All the friends that I loved and wanted to reward are dead, and all the enemies that I hated and I had marked out for punishment are turned to my friends.

  James Buchanan

  Enemy, Rewards, Hated

  1857 On finally achieving his country's highest political office at the age of 65.

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• A material resurrection seems strange and even absurd except for purposes of punishment, and all punishment which is to revenge rather than correct must be morally wrong, and when the World is at an end, what moral or warning purpose can eternal tortures answer?

  Lord Byron

  Revenge, Atheism, Answers

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.2725, Delphi Classics

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• Mercy is not what every criminal is entitled to. What he is entitled to is justice.

  Lord Hailsham

  Justice, Criminals, Mercy

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• To those who would submit to the rightful law and authority, all gentleness and forbearance; but to the petulant and persistent secessionists, why, death is mercy, and the quicker he or she is disposed of the better. Satan and the rebellious saints of Heaven were allowed a continuous existence in hell merely to swell their just punishment. To such as would rebel against a Government so mild and just as ours was in peace, a punishment equal would not be unjust.

  William Tecumseh Sherman

  Government, Law, Heaven

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• Asceticism, it is evident, has a double motivation. If men and women torment their bodies, it is not only because they hope in this way to atone for past sins and avoid future punishments; it is also because they long to visit the mind's antipodes and do some visionary sightseeing.

  Aldous Huxley

  Motivation, Men, Past

  Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2002). “Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948”, Ivan R. Dee Publisher

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• Tolerance is an attitude of reasoned patience towards evil and a forbearance that restrains us from showing anger or inflicting punishment. But what is more important than the definition is the field of its application. The important point here is this: Tolerance applies only to persons but never to truth. Intolerance applies only to truth but never to persons. Tolerance applies to the erring; intolerance to the error.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Attitude, Errors, Evil

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• In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward and punishment instrumental in persuading man to obey divine commandments.

  Israel Shenker

  Bible, Fate, Men

  Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books

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• Fellow senators balked at punishing Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York though he was caught in a series of transactions that earned him the label "Senator Sleaze." D'Amato explained their reluctance as he defended his own behavior. "There but for the grace of God go most of my colleagues," he said.

  William Greider

  New York, Grace, Labels

  William Greider (2010). “Who Will Tell The People: The Betrayal Of American Democracy”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word with boldness. Even when threatened with punishment, he said that he could not help but share the things he had seen and heard.

  David Jeremiah

  Spirit, Helping, Holy

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Signs of Life: Back to the Basics of Authentic Christianity”, p.61, Thomas Nelson

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• To Amma, all are Her children. In Amma's eyes no defect of Her children is serious. But when She is considered as the guru, it is essential for the growth of the disciples that they conduct themselves according to the tradition. Amma will pardon all the mistakes of Her children, but nature has certain laws. That is what brings punishment for our sins. Children, we should be able to take any sorrow or suffering as conducive for our growth.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Mistake, Eye

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• One can't be happy as I have been for very long. There's a law against it. I have worked hard and enjoyed my work and it is the punishment of man to hate his work. Sooner or later I will have work that I hate.

  John Steinbeck

  Hate, Work, Men

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• The fear of hell, the punishment of sin, how the modern parent revolts from such teaching. Yet I will assert that far from doing us children harm, it was a sure foundation to the world of our confidence, a master girder in our palace of delight.

  Joyce Cary

  Children, Teaching, Parent

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• He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil.

  Emanuel Swedenborg

  Evil

  Emanuel Swedenborg (1853). “The future life”, p.212

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• I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment.

  Werner Herzog

  Country, Citizens, Capital Punishment

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• People need to understand that in Washington, the process is the punishment.

  David Frum

  People, Needs, Process

  "Debating torture with David Frum on CNN". www.salon.com. April 27, 2009.

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• I remember my uncle and my father telling me that my mother didn't want me because I was blind. She thought being blind was a disgrace and a punishment from God. I understand that a lot of young mothers probably wouldn't know what to do in that situation, but over your life you learn to forgive everything.

  Ronnie Milsap

  Mother, Uncles, Father

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• As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly without punishment. It's like crime without punishment or sex without sin.

  Ron Chernow

  Sex, People, Risk

  "Ron Chernow is the author of 'The House of Morgan' and 'The Warburgs'". Frontline Interview, www.pbs.org.

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• Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment.

  John Bercow

  Lying, Abuse, Graves

  "John Bercow: parliament has rediscovered its 'balls'" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2011.

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• For the last few years I've tried to force myself to write at least one page every day, which doesn't sound like much but it's actually pretty hard to manage. Because I'm not allowed to do a make-up day. I can't do two pages the next day. The punishment for not completing my page is that I have to eat a vegetarian meal the next day.

  Dan Chaon

  Writing, Two, Next Day

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• I knew quite well, when I gave the names of our agents in the Soviet Union, that I was exposing them to the full machinery of counterespionage and the law, and then prosecution and capital punishment.

  Aldrich Ames

  Law, Names, Agents

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• In places where marriage's core meaning has been altered through legal action, officials are beginning to target for punishment those believers and churches that refuse to adapt.

  Salvatore J. Cordileone

  Church, Target, Action

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• I don't have an issue with whether - from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment on people. We do it in capital cases. Police officers shoot fleeing felons.

  Trey Gowdy

  Government, Issues, People

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• Some people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get along with everyone, and when you look at his history, you learn that he has this fire that allows him to take this punishment but also figure out savvy ways of giving it back.

  Chadwick Boseman

  Fire, Views, People

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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