#punish

Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered person's family. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#acting #also #apparently #argue #behalf

Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#aristocratic #atheism #being #crime #great

I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment. ↗

— James Madison

#capital #capital punishment #entire #fair #full

I am, uh... a 6 foot tall woman, I feel like I'm a healthy size, I'm not anorexic; and I feel that people who aren't anorexic are punished... for not being anorexic. ↗

— Kristen Johnston

#anorexic #being #feel #foot #healthy

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#first #greatest #punishment #sin #sinner

Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#homosexuality #list #locked #locked up #men

I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#creeping #crime #details #i #i do

If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#deserve #innovative #programmers #programs #punished

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#discipline #dishonesty #punishes #stupidity #word

Let's not talk punishment. ↗

— George Steinbrenner

#talk