People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.
God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.
I never want to feel like I've achieved my goal. It's like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it's a good season. They feel like they'll be punished.
Despite all the gains for democracy in the world, in many countries anyone who wants to publish truths unwelcome to the government risks suppression and criminal punishment.
For Republicans, accepting responsibility means accepting punishment; for Democrats, it means only an admission of error and a suggestion they'll do better in the future. This double standard must end.
The story of the Jews in the Bible is replete with incidents of their ingratitude to God for His gifts to them: incidents that just as repeatedly merit and receive punishment.
In places where marriage's core meaning has been altered through legal action, officials are beginning to target for punishment those believers and churches that refuse to adapt.
Crime should not pay, it must be punished. Unfortunately, in Pakistan big crimes do get rewarded.
I think people might say I'm a bit of a sucker for punishment.
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
Liberation movements - operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially - thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.
If people want to take their lives and are helped to do so, the punishment is tragic for all concerned.
When you punish a person for dreaming his dream Don't expect him to thank or forgive you.
You must see the persons who are in charge - persons you can punish or vote for.
We all know showbiz isn't easy, but being a comic - especially being a female comic - can be quite punishing.
To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.
The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction.
The punishment of shaving a woman's head had biblical origins. In Europe, the practice dated back to the Dark Ages with the Visigoths.
Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
To punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me an authority myself.
