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They use a very strict discipline that's enforced by very severe punishments in order to maintain cohesion of a fighting force, when you go out into combat, it requires initiative and understanding on the part of your soldiers to achieve the objectives against difficult odds – they just don't have that mindset. – Michael Ryan	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We've already heard a direct threat from the Beijing organizing committee threatening' certain punishments' for those who engage in political speech that violates the spirit of the Olympic Committee, as the Chinese official put it, and they have not walked back those comments. Those threats stand, but the IOC rules do not prohibit athletes from speaking freely to the press. – Bennett Freeman	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The whole point of law and order and the whole point of the criminal justice system and having punishments is to deter people from committing crimes. – Mike Garcia	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Generally, narrower mandates are probably going to be stronger, legally, than broader mandates, and lesser punishments are going to hold better than more draconian or extreme punishments. – Dorit Reiss	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If I'm extradited to the United States, every independent expert is categoric : I will be exposed to forced interrogation techniques, to torture, poor treatment, an unfair trial, inhuman detention conditions and cruel punishments, apart from United States, I have faith in God and I know He'll give me the strength to win. – Alex Saab	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They expired from what he called ‘punishments,’ he expected them to be completely obedient and carry his babies in a basement of a row house where he had no need to hear them scream or complain. He administered these ‘punishments’ through beatings and electric shocks. He would call them weak. But his intention wasn’t to kill them. He wanted to train them to have a perfect race in his basement. He wanted to have babies and raise them with no other contact from the outside world. That’s what he kept repeating during their captivity. – Chuck Peruto	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
In the past, digital sex crimes in South Korea have received weak punishments, and therefore criticism toward the justice system was high, there are similar crimes ongoing in the country and I hope this ruling will offer guidance to levy serious punishment on possible future digital sex crimes. – Lee Hyun-woo	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I definitely think if I was Christin Evans, they would have been a lot faster with the punishments. Things would have been handled a lot faster. – Christin Evans	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I don't agree with the punishments, the players not getting anything, it was a player-driven thing. It sucks, too, because guys' careers have been affected, a lot of people lost jobs. It was tough. Me going up to the plate knowing what was coming -- it would be pretty fun up there. – Jim Crane.While Trout	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments. – Marcus Aurelius	added by Normando 4 years ago
As Panamanians we have to see how far we want to go in terms of sanctions and punishments for people or companies when there is proof of corruption, to ensure punishment without losing competitiveness. – Severo Sousa	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I wish there were an alternative because I think that punishments should fit the crime, i don’t really feel comfortable living in a world where a person can commit this caliber of a crime and still walk the earth. – Cynthia Hawke Renn	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I feel like the death penalty was an easy way out, and life in prison certainly, in my opinion, is not bad enough, i wish there were an alternative because I think that punishments should fit the crime. – Cynthia Hawke Renn	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I do not see any major reasons why our athletes should not be allowed to compete at the Olympics. I believe the punishments for doping should always be at an individual level, those sportsmen who have a chance to go to Rio will undergo at least three additional doping tests. This is an unprecedented check. I hope the IAAF will take into account the efforts that Russia is taking. – Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
In some instances we have seen punishments that do not appear to be commensurate with the seriousness of the offenses committed. – Atul Khare	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Take these punishments as a lesson. What has been done by these convicts should not be taken as an example, and to the public, I ask that you do not isolate those who have been convicted here today. And also, those who have been convicted are reminded not to repeat the same mistakes. – Banda Aceh	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The lack of accountability in these cases stands in stark contrast to disciplinary actions taken against VA whistleblowers, the VA has attempted to fire or suspend whistleblowers for minor indiscretions and, often, for activity directly related to the employee's whistleblowing. While OSC has worked with VA headquarters to rescind the disciplinary actions in these cases, the severity of the initial punishments chills other employees from stepping forward to report concerns. – Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We haven't yet had exemplary punishments (for acid attacks), maybe in the case of Natalia there will be an exemplary punishment given ... levels of impunity remain high. – Martha Lucia Sanchez	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This punishment exposes the utter brutality of Iran's justice system and underlines the Iranian authorities' shocking disregard for basic humanity, meting out cruel and inhuman retribution punishments is not justice. Blinding, like stoning, amputation and flogging, is a form of corporal punishment prohibited by international law. Such punishments should not be carried out under any circumstances. – Amnesty International Iran researcher	Found on CNN 9 years ago
People who have suffered ... are being scared away from challenging their wrongful convictions by the threat of even harsher punishments. – Foley Hoag	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There are no rewards or punishments -- only consequences. – William Ralph Inge	added by anonymous 10 years ago
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. – William Ernest Henley, From the poem "Invictus"	added by anonymous 13 years ago
There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments, there are consequences. – Robert G. Ingersoll	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education. – Chuang-tzu	added by anonymous 14 years ago

They use a very strict discipline that's enforced by very severe punishments in order to maintain cohesion of a fighting force, when you go out into combat, it requires initiative and understanding on the part of your soldiers to achieve the objectives against difficult odds – they just don't have that mindset.

– Michael Ryan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We've already heard a direct threat from the Beijing organizing committee threatening' certain punishments' for those who engage in political speech that violates the spirit of the Olympic Committee, as the Chinese official put it, and they have not walked back those comments. Those threats stand, but the IOC rules do not prohibit athletes from speaking freely to the press.

– Bennett Freeman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The whole point of law and order and the whole point of the criminal justice system and having punishments is to deter people from committing crimes.

– Mike Garcia

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Generally, narrower mandates are probably going to be stronger, legally, than broader mandates, and lesser punishments are going to hold better than more draconian or extreme punishments.

– Dorit Reiss

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If I'm extradited to the United States, every independent expert is categoric : I will be exposed to forced interrogation techniques, to torture, poor treatment, an unfair trial, inhuman detention conditions and cruel punishments, apart from United States, I have faith in God and I know He'll give me the strength to win.

– Alex Saab

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They expired from what he called ‘punishments,’ he expected them to be completely obedient and carry his babies in a basement of a row house where he had no need to hear them scream or complain. He administered these ‘punishments’ through beatings and electric shocks. He would call them weak. But his intention wasn’t to kill them. He wanted to train them to have a perfect race in his basement. He wanted to have babies and raise them with no other contact from the outside world. That’s what he kept repeating during their captivity.

– Chuck Peruto

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

In the past, digital sex crimes in South Korea have received weak punishments, and therefore criticism toward the justice system was high, there are similar crimes ongoing in the country and I hope this ruling will offer guidance to levy serious punishment on possible future digital sex crimes.

– Lee Hyun-woo

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I definitely think if I was Christin Evans, they would have been a lot faster with the punishments. Things would have been handled a lot faster.

– Christin Evans

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I don't agree with the punishments, the players not getting anything, it was a player-driven thing. It sucks, too, because guys' careers have been affected, a lot of people lost jobs. It was tough. Me going up to the plate knowing what was coming -- it would be pretty fun up there.

– Jim Crane.While Trout

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.

– Marcus Aurelius

added by Normando
4 years ago

As Panamanians we have to see how far we want to go in terms of sanctions and punishments for people or companies when there is proof of corruption, to ensure punishment without losing competitiveness.

– Severo Sousa

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I wish there were an alternative because I think that punishments should fit the crime, i don’t really feel comfortable living in a world where a person can commit this caliber of a crime and still walk the earth.

– Cynthia Hawke Renn

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I feel like the death penalty was an easy way out, and life in prison certainly, in my opinion, is not bad enough, i wish there were an alternative because I think that punishments should fit the crime.

– Cynthia Hawke Renn

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I do not see any major reasons why our athletes should not be allowed to compete at the Olympics. I believe the punishments for doping should always be at an individual level, those sportsmen who have a chance to go to Rio will undergo at least three additional doping tests. This is an unprecedented check. I hope the IAAF will take into account the efforts that Russia is taking.

– Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

In some instances we have seen punishments that do not appear to be commensurate with the seriousness of the offenses committed.

– Atul Khare

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Take these punishments as a lesson. What has been done by these convicts should not be taken as an example, and to the public, I ask that you do not isolate those who have been convicted here today. And also, those who have been convicted are reminded not to repeat the same mistakes.

– Banda Aceh

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The lack of accountability in these cases stands in stark contrast to disciplinary actions taken against VA whistleblowers, the VA has attempted to fire or suspend whistleblowers for minor indiscretions and, often, for activity directly related to the employee's whistleblowing. While OSC has worked with VA headquarters to rescind the disciplinary actions in these cases, the severity of the initial punishments chills other employees from stepping forward to report concerns.

– Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We haven't yet had exemplary punishments (for acid attacks), maybe in the case of Natalia there will be an exemplary punishment given ... levels of impunity remain high.

– Martha Lucia Sanchez

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This punishment exposes the utter brutality of Iran's justice system and underlines the Iranian authorities' shocking disregard for basic humanity, meting out cruel and inhuman retribution punishments is not justice. Blinding, like stoning, amputation and flogging, is a form of corporal punishment prohibited by international law. Such punishments should not be carried out under any circumstances.

– Amnesty International Iran researcher

Found on CNN
9 years ago

People who have suffered ... are being scared away from challenging their wrongful convictions by the threat of even harsher punishments.

– Foley Hoag

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There are no rewards or punishments -- only consequences.

– William Ralph Inge

added by anonymous
10 years ago

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

– William Ernest Henley, From the poem "Invictus"

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments, there are consequences.

– Robert G. Ingersoll

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.

– Chuang-tzu

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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