"Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt."

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Source : William Ernest Hocking (1956). “The Coming World Civilization”

William Ernest Hocking

#Hurt Quotes #Men Quotes #Justice Quotes

“Luck is what a capricious man believes in.”
“When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer.”
“Banks and other providers of credit to households have been competing vigorously to expand or protect their market share. In the process, lending standards have been progressively eroded so that lenders are now engaging in practices that would have been regarded as out of the question five or ten years ago.”
“Shift from judgment to compassion to love.”
“I love the success of my teammates more than my individual achievements. I've just always cared more about that since I started playing.”
“My mother died of metastatic colorectal cancer shortly before three P.M. on Christmas Day of 2008. I don't know the exact time of her death, because none of us thought to look at a clock for a while after she stopped breathing.”
“Paul Ryan, who teamed up with Akin in the House to sponsor harsh anti-abortion bills, may look young and hip and new generation, with his iPod full of heavy metal jams and his cute kids. But he's just a fresh face on a Taliban creed - the evermore antediluvian, anti-women, anti-immigrant, anti-gay conservative core. Amiable in khakis and polo shirts, Ryan is the perfect modern leader to rally medieval Republicans who believe that Adam and Eve cavorted with dinosaurs.”

Source : "Just think No" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. August 21, 2012.
“The temerity to believe in nothing.”

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