#punish

Sometimes the crime follows the punishment, which only serves to prove the foresight of the Great God." "That's what my grandmother used to say," said Brutha automatically. "Indeed? I would like to know more about this formidable lady." "She used to give me a thrashing every morning because I would certainly do something to deserve it during the day," said Brutha. "A most complete understanding of the nature of mankind, ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#punishment #religion #nature

Sometimes love can be both the punishment and the crime. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#in-love #love #punishment #relationships #experience

The punishment for rape should be castration. ↗

— Amit Abraham

#punishment #rape #rape

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#expensive #magnanimity #offenders #punish #state

We need to end permanently the tax that punishes American values of savings and investment and of building small businesses and family farms and ranches. ↗

— Kit Bond

#american values #building #businesses #end #family

I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail. ↗

— Lord Byron

#check #crimes #efforts #fail #had

Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't. ↗

— Alan Cohen

#god #guilt #punishing #yourself

We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war. ↗

— Ann Coulter

#christianity #cities #civilians #convert #countries

When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me. ↗

— Simon Cowell

#broke #burglar #caught #criminal #got

And then ESPN fired me. I did not think that was a fitting punishment. ↗

— Gregg Easterbrook

#espn #fired #fitting #i #me