Crime and Punishment Quotes Flashcards

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Quotes for having to follow the laws

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‘let everyone be subject to the governing authorities’
‘whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted’

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Quote for an example of civil disobedience in the New Testaments

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> Peter and John are warned by the Sanhedrin not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus and Peter said ‘Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God’
conflict between the order and the commands of Christ

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Quote for not speaking out against an unjust law

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‘Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.’ Bonhoeffer act of omission

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Quote against retribution

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‘Repay no one evil for evil…vengeance is mine’ said the Lord-Romans 12:17-19
‘eye for an eye and the world will be blind’ Gandhi

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Quote against going to prison

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‘Prison is a good way of making a bad person worse’ Douglas Hurd

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Quote for going to prison

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‘Prison works’ Michael Howard

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Quote for forgiving people/against retribution

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Jesus said ‘not 7 times but 77 times’
Do not take revenge but leave room for God’s wrath for it is written: ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay’ says the Lord

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Quote for reformation and not being judgemental

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‘Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye but not the log that is in your own’

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Quote for punishment

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‘If there’s a serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth’

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Quote for limiting punishment

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‘If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also’

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Islam quote against capital punishment

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Take not life, which Allah has made sacred, except by way of justice and law. Thus does he command you, so that you may learn wisdon

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Quote for a Christian view on committing a crime because of greed

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You shall not covet…anything that belongs to your neighbour

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Quote for a Muslim view on committing a crime because of greed

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Competing for more distracts you until you go in your grave

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Quote for God putting the system of government to rule citizens

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Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established

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Muslim quote against murder

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Do not take life which God has made sacred except by right

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Muslim quote for deterrence

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Cut off the hands of thieves, whether they are man or woman, as punishment for what they have done-a deterrent from Allah

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Quote for suffering(Christian)

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We also glory in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope

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Quote for suffering(Muslim)

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You are sure to be tested…if you are steadfast and mindful of Allah that is the best course

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Quote for forgiveness(Christian)

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‘Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing’
‘Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us’
‘not 7 times but 77 times’
‘If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents forgive him’

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Quotes for forgiveness from Allah-‘let them pardon and forgive…’

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Let them pardon and forgive. Do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? Allah is most forgiving and merciful

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Quote for forgivness from humans(Muslims)

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Pardon each other’s faults and Allah will grant you honour

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Quote for not murdering

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‘You shall not murder,’ and anyone who murders will be subject to judgement.’

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Islam quote for not committing crimes

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there is nothing heavier in the scales than a good character

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Quote for negative effect of violence

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Those who live by the sword die by the sword

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Christian quote for corporal punishment

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‘He who spares the rod hates their children but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline
them’ Proverbs 13 : 24.