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quotes by topic Punishment

" No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. "

Power , Time , First , Punishment

" An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself. "

Ability , World , Talent , Writer , Punishment

" According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment. "

Man , Principles , Choice , Punishment , Heresy , Repentance

" Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers. "

Schools , Punishment , Teachers

" Punishment is justice for the unjust. "

Saint Augustine

Justice , Punishment

" It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr. "

Saint Augustine

Punishment , Cause , Martyr

" A freak is basically anyone who needs fantasy, degradation, or punishment in order to achieve his interpretation of erotic gratification. "

Xaviera Hollander

Order , Punishment , Erotic

" Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment. "

Mind , Delight , Punishment , Vice

" A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment. "

Punishment , Way

" The code of Hammurabi in ancient Babylon prescribed this punishment for a doctor convicted of inept surgery: amputation of the hands. "

Punishment , Doctors , Hands

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