"All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism."

-- Catherine the Great

#Punishment Quotes #Body Quotes #Might Quotes

“At a certain point, you must be able to slip loose. At a certain point, you found that you had been set free. You could be anyone, he thought. You could be anyone.”
“Progress is achieved by exchanging our theories for new ones which go further than the old, until we find one based on a larger number of facts. ... Theories are only hypotheses, verified by more or less numerous facts. Those verified by the most facts are the best, but even then they are never final, never to be absolutely believed.”

Source : Claude Bernard (2012). “An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine”, p.186, Courier Corporation
“I am a breast cancer survivor. I was intrigued to learn how many people prefer to talk to someone if they are familiar with their face, like an actor or a politician. So, I began traveling around the country and doing speeches.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
“I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way.”
“Those who understand the eternal blessings which come from the temple know that no sacrifice is too great, no price too heavy, no struggle too difficult in order to receive those blessings.”
“Heat may be generated and destroyed by certain processes, and this shows that heat is not a substance.”
“Since when has obedience to Christ and His Gospel become optional to Christianity?”
“The First Amendment's language leaves no room for inference that abridgments of speech and press can be made just because they are slight. That Amendment provides, in simple words, that "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." I read "no law . . . abridging" to mean no law abridging.”

Source : Concurring opinion, Smith v. California, 361 U.S. 147, 1959.

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