"The object of punishment is to... lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition."

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Source : Letter to U.S. Attorney General Augustus Hill Garland, May 27, 1885.

Isaac Parker

#Men Quotes #Wicked Quotes #He Man Quotes

“None of us can hope to get anywhere without character, moral courage and the spiritual strength to accept responsibility.”
“The problems with this world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were.”
“If deep change depended solely on outside intervention it would never happen.”
“The truth isn't so simple. Death may be inevitable, but love is not. Love, you have to choose.”

Source : Hillary Jordan (2008). “Mudbound”, p.14, Random House
“... all progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority ... without the huge body of traditional knowledge, accurate and inaccurate together, there would be nothing even to correct. Progress is not made in spite of authority, but by means of it.”

Source : Margaret Benson (1908). “The Venture of Rational Faith”
“That's tangent, but I like the strategizing and thinking about how things are going to fall and thinking of different ways to engage with fans. Ultimately, the goal is for the music to be heard by as many people as possible.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com
“Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.”

Source : Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.135, Simon and Schuster
“If it wasn't a chaotic scene, if it was an orderly evacuation, we would be able to give you specifics about what our preferences would be, such as evacuating first the disabled, then the elderly and infants. That would of course be our preference. But the reality on the scene does not permit that. We're going to do the best we can with the resources we have.”

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