#scourge

Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows. ↗

— Lucretius

#apply #blows #dungeon #executioner #goad

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it. ↗

— Martin Luther

#any #destroys #families #greatest #humanity

I shall support the law, for the law gentlemen, is the firm and solid basis of civil society, the guardian of liberty, the protection of the innocent, the terror of the guilty, and the scourge of the wicked. ↗

— Charles Lawrence

#civil #civil society #firm #gentlemen #guardian

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#greatest #i #mankind #scourge #view

He paused; a grim silence gripped the whole clearing, broken by a contemptious Rumble from Tigerstar. "Mew away, little kittypet. It won't change anything." Firestar ignored him. "Being deputy wasn't enough," he went on. "Tigerstar wanted to be leader of the clan. He set a trap for Bluestar by the Thunderpath, but my own apprentice strayed into it instead. That's how Cinderpelt came by her crippled leg." A shocked murmer swept through the clearing. Except for Bloodclan, they all knew of Cinderpelt, she was popular even with cats of other clans. Then Tigerstar conspired with Brokentail, the fomer leader of ShadowClan, who was ThunderClan's prisoner," Firestar told the listening cats. "He brought a pack of rogues into ThunderClan camp, and tried to murder Bluestar with his own claws. I stopped him, and when ThunderClan had beaten off the attack we drove him into excile. As a rogue, he slaughtered, Runningwind. Then before we knew what he was up too, he had made himself leader of ShadowClan. ↗

— Erin Hunter

#firestar #scourge #tigerstar #warriors #change

Japan is the only country in the world which suffered from the scourge of nuclear weapons. ↗

— Yoshiro Mori

#japan #nuclear #nuclear weapons #only #scourge

Meth is a major problem not only in our urban areas, but in most of the rural areas of Colorado. No region has been immune from this scourge and it is getting larger. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#been #colorado #getting #immune #larger