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«I cannot say that I am descended from the bastards of Oliver Cromwell, or his courtiers, or from the Puritans who punish their horses for breaking the Sabbath, or from those who persecuted Quakers and burned the witches»
Author: Matthew Lyon
| Keywords:
bastards, burned, courtier, courtiers, Cromwell, descended, Oliver, Oliver Cromwell, persecuted, punish, Puritans, Quaker, Quakers, Sabbath, the Sabbath, The Witches, witches
«In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.»
«Laws undertake to punish only overt acts»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Justice,
Punishment
| Keywords:
overt, punish, undertake
«If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers»
«In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.»
«I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.»
«If you tell lies about a product, you will be found out - either by the Government, which will prosecute you, or by the consumer, who will punish you by not buying your product a second time.»
Author: David Ogilvy
| About:
Lies
| Keywords:
buying, consumer, prosecute, prosecuted, prosecuting, punish, second time
«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.»
«If we have the right to use our reason, we certainly have the right to act in accordance with it, and no god can have the right to punish us for such action»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
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accordance, act of God, certainly, punish
«Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish»
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