"Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment"

-- Cesare Beccaria

#Punishment Quotes #Crime Quotes #Certainty Quotes

“The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country.”

Source : "Iran's ex-president: U.S should show goodwill". Interview with Barbara Slavin, usatoday30.usatoday.com. February 6, 2005.
“...Respecting the woman as an important and valuable human being and making certain that the woman's experience while giving birth is fulfilling and empowering is not just a nice extra, it is absolutely essential as it makes the woman strong and therefore makes society strong.”
“I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.”
“It is time to finish off the U.S. once and for all.”
“Havenâ€™t you heard of the music of the spheres?â€ asked the dragon. â€œItâ€™s the music that space makes to itself. All the spirits inside all the stars are singing. Iâ€™m a star spirit. I sing too. The music of the spheres is what makes space so peaceful.”
“There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will reply, 'Fine,' but slap her hand to her forehead the minute the girl leaves to yipe, 'What a horror!'”
“The thing I like most about dogs is their absolute belief in their own innocence, even when they've been caught redhanded. No matter what they've been doing, every bad dog bears the same look when scolded: "What?"”
“I would say that my position is not too far from that of Ayn Rand's; that I would like to see government reduced to no more than internal police and courts, external armed forces -- with the other matters handled otherwise. I'm sick of the way the government sticks its nose into everything now.”

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