"The negative penalties of the Old Testament case laws were not harsh but just, not a threat to society but rather the necessary judicial foundation of civic freedomâ€¦ the Old Testament was harsh on criminals because it was soft on victims."

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Source : Gary North (1990). “Victim's rights: the biblical view of civil justice”, Inst for Christian Economics

Gary North

#Law Quotes #Negative Quotes #Foundation Quotes

“I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies.”
“A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow.”

Source : "Nightwood" by Djuna Barnes, (Ch. 6), 1936.
“I'm 28 now and they say you peak at 28 - so my best years are still ahead of me.”
“I watched a lot of comedy growing up.”
“I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long, like a worn-out recording of a favorite song.”

Source : Song: Escape, Album: Partners in Crime
“People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.”

Source : Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.337
“I could really care less about the TV and the fame, it's all about that lifetime achievement of becoming a world champion.”
“The world will teach our children if we do not, and children are capable of learning all the world will teach them at a very young age.”

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