#punishes

Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#aristocratic #atheism #being #crime #great

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#discipline #dishonesty #punishes #stupidity #word

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak. ↗

— William Godwin

#argument #because #coercion #could #doubt

The current system punishes communities which make the investment in creating landfills, only to have them filled by states which refuse to adequately address their waste issues. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#adequately #communities #creating #current #filled

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#democracy #dictator #elected #even #him