Quotes about Punishment
But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.
— Victor Hugo
Punishment is God's. He alone is the infallible Judge.
— Mahatma Gandhi
If God really wanted to punish, he'd answer all our prayers.
— Oscar Wilde
God is a being who gives everything but punishment in over measure.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!
— Herman Melville
We might say God's wrath is His justice in action, rendering to everyone his just due, which, because of our sin is always judgment.
— Jerry Bridges
I let God be the judge and I believe that we worship a just and fair God who won't punish innocent people unnecessarily.
— Jimmy Carter
And if I were a naughty little boy, the idea is to spank me into good behavior?
— Marquis de Sade