Punishment Quotes
The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is in harmony with torture, with flaying alive, and with burnings.
Anger and the like are attributed to God on account of a similitude of effect. Thus, because to punish is properly the act of an angry man, God's punishment is metaphorically spoken of as His anger.
Prisons where people can't even work is the worst punishment you can think of. And I don't think we should put all convicts in such facilities where people are deprived of their freedom.
The prayer does call for serious, serious punishment on people. But I didn't call for that, God did.
Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.
PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that - stone walls do not a prison make.
If the Khalifah implements even one law outside of the divine law, then he will be removed. The courts will face him and he will face capital punishment and he will be removed.
If I were asked to chose between execution and life in prison I would, of course, chose the latter. It's better to live somehow than not at all.
How can any Action be meritorious of Praise or Dispraise, Reward or Punishment, when the natural Principle of Self-Love is the only and the irresistible Motive to it?
Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment.
Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the freewill to select his course.
Why is it that we believe God's promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment?
Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.
If you remove the fear of criminal punishment for the nation's political and financial elites - as we have done - what possible constraint on their behavior does anyone think will remain?
Customs is punishment for those who travel. This will teach you for traveling to our country!
The object of punishment is to... lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition.
Smiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London.
We cannot be guilty of a greater act of uncharitableness, than to interpret the afflictions which befall our neighbors as punishments and judgments.
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
My actions and reactions, and the way I treated certain scenarios, were way out of line, so I deserved some punishment.
If my faults deserve punishment, my youth at least, and my imprudence were worthy of excuse
It must be the ultimate punishment, don't you think, to finally gain wisdom, only to realize that the consequences of your actions are irrevocable?
Power-Over leads to punishment and violence. Power-With leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame, or anger.
it is the certainty of being punished and not the horrifying spectacle of public punishment that must discourage crime
To punish is the most difficult thing there is. A society such as ours needs to question every aspect of punishment as it is practiced everywhere: in the army, the schools, the factories.
It is a duty not only to punish, but to prevent all manner of evil.
Allah is Most Merciful even when He sends us trials, for even His punishment is for our own good.
Eternal punishment must be eternal cruelty, and I do not see how any man, unless he has the brain of an idiot, or the heart of a wild beast, can believe in eternal punishment.
These detective series on TV always end at precisely the right moment-after the criminal is arrested and before the court turns him loose.
It is our peculiar punishment that we know things change and we want this to be otherwise.
Pain is not a punishment. And pleasure is not a reward. You could argue that failure is not punishment and Success is not reward. They're just failure and success. You can choose how you respond.
Force, punishment, and violence are patriarchy's answer to conflicts and social problems. Patriarchy finds its ultimate expression in war.
Should one be shallow enough to view existence as a system of rewards and punishments, one soon learns that we pay as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats.
In Israel, the maximum legal penalty for denying the existence of God is one year in prison, while the punishment for denying the existence of the Holocaust is up to five years' imprisonment.
God's creatures who cried themselves to sleep stirred to cry again.
Every night death came, slowly, painfully, and every morning Maddox awoke in bed, knowing he'd have to die again later. That was his greatest curse and his eternal punishment.
I imagine the whole universe moving into hell because of licking God's candy.
Yeah, reflections! The same, but different. Like twins - like blood brothers! And when you need something bad done, like punishment or revenge, you'll just ask me, and I will do it -
It is the absence of hope, which equals the despair that is the punishment.