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Quotes About Punished

There's a sin, a fearful sin, resting on this nation, that will not go unpunished forever.
~ Solomon Northup
Moreover, against those magic arts, concerning which some men, exceedingly wretched and exceedingly impious, delight to boast, may not public opinion itself be brought forward as a witness? For why are those arts so severely punished by the laws, if they are the works of deities who ought to be worshipped?
~ St. Augustine
You might even be punished for performance that by any reasonable measure is truly excellent.
~ Steven Cohen
To be a butch girl in high school, to be better at masculinity than all the men around you, and then to be punished for it!
~ Michelle Tea
The constitution did indeed guarantee freedom of speech, but the laws punished anything that could be considered an attack on state security
~ Milan Kundera
This resolution is further proof that Congress stands firmly behind our troops and remains resolved to pursue those responsible for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, until they are discovered, detained, and punished.
~ John Doolittle
Wilful fools with murder in their rotted hearts believed otherwise. They divided the dead into innocent victim and the rightfully punished, and knew with unassailable conviction upon which side they themselves stood. With such conviction, the plunging of knives proved so very easy.
~ Steven Erikson
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
~ Voltaire
Now I am punished by privilege and comfort—and I can't resist comfort.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
We need a president with experience and the wisdom and the grit to stand up to bullies who tell women that they should be punished for making their own decisions.
~ Tony Goldwyn
conformist intellectuals, the ones who support official aims and ignore or rationalize official crimes, are honored and privileged in their own societies, while the value-oriented are punished in one way or another. The
~ Noam Chomsky
Which is worse, Hell or nothing? Only if we're caught and punished can we be saved.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
hands pose for now, which was an endurance pose, forcing the sub to hold their arms out in front of them, elbows bent and touching, palms upturned. Placing an object, like a book, on their palms, made it even more difficult. If they failed to maintain the position for the prescribed time period, they would, of course, be punished.
~ Claire Thompson
There may be no great honour in killing a woman; such a victory can bring no fame. But I shall have some credit for having stamped dead a mortal sin, and punished a wrong which cries out for justice; and it will be joy to have gutted my desire for the vengeance of the fire and satisfied the ashes of all that were ever dear to me.
~ Virgil
Of course, I'm guilty of oversimplification here. First, there are real-world legal concerns: doctors aren't punished for overdiagnosis, but they are punished for failing to diagnose. So it's hard for doctors to ignore incidentalomas. Second,
~ H. Gilbert Welch
If Britain doesn't stay in the Single Market or Customs Union, we are very much in favor of a free trade agreement between the U.K. and Europe. We don't want Britain to be punished for its decision to leave, and it is not in our interests for Britain to be punished because we may be the ones who lose out as much if not more than them.
~ Leo Varadkar
When Donald Trump says women should be punished or Mexicans are rapists and criminals or John McCain's not a hero, he is showing you who he is.
~ Tim Kaine
In fairy tales, the heroes are punished when they run away from a task. The heroes, not their younger brothers...
~ Cornelia Funke
I know those kids!" he cried. "They're in my store right now! I just gave them some muffins!" "You gave muffins to murderers?" Lou said. "That's not right, Milt. Criminals should be punished, not fed pastries.
~ Lemony Snicket
Curiosity in humans is to be punished—it leads to disaster.
~ Jane Smiley
In the modern university, no act of good teaching goes unpunished.
~ Charlie Sykes
Growing up in the '70s and '80s, science fiction and especially fantasy had such a stigma attached to them. I felt so punished and exiled for being devoted to these things.
~ Lev Grossman
What is more punished among the angry than anger? among the unsatisfied than desire? among the hate-filled than hate? among the frightened than fear?
~ Toi Derricotte
Exploded! Was he the victim of a revolutionary outrage? I was not aware that Mr. Bunbury was interested in social legislation. If so, he is well punished for his morbidity.
~ Oscar Wilde