#punishes

When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous. ↗

— Tim Robbins

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

— Maximilien Robespierre

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The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside those limits. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it punishes you. This bill will increase your cost of living and may kill your job. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

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

— John Steinbeck

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