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Torture Quotes

That torture is wrong can never be the conclusion to any line of reasoning because it has to be a fundamental premise. Witnessing to the humanity of the other is the place where all moral reasoning must begin Picture Quote #1

The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile Picture Quote #1

We have found ways... to torture and maim animals and make their lives a misery, almost a living hell... in the multinational food industry,... and in laboratories where often the most important thing being researched is the latest in lipstick or face cream Picture Quote #1

You become a monk and you practice and the teacher tells you what to do. If you find that you have a resistance to that, and the resistance is strong, it just means you’re not interested. Why put yourself through some sort of torture. It means you weren’t that interested Picture Quote #1

When you know what’s most important to you, making a decision is quite simple. Most people, though, are unclear about what’s most important in their lives, and thus decision making becomes a form of internal torture Picture Quote #1

Torture, as the art of discovering the truth, is barbaric nonsense; it is the application of a material means to a spiritual end Picture Quote #1

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Finishing is torture... There’s always some newly seen flaw. But the little glimpses of beauty between the anxiety make it worth it Picture Quote #1

It must be observed that fishing with any living bait is to be condemned for the same reason as fishing with a worm: in all such instances we torture two animals at once for our amusement Picture Quote #1

Thanks to the toleration preached by the encyclopedists of the eighteenth century, the sorcerer is exempt from torture Picture Quote #1

There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them Picture Quote #1

What right can give anyone authority to inflict torture upon a citizen when it is still unknown whether he is innocent or guilty? Picture Quote #1

The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense. Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to be utterly abolished Picture Quote #1

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In more than half the nations of our world, torture certifies that the form of government is tyranny. Only tyranny, no matter how camouflaged, needs and employs torturers. Torture has no ideology Picture Quote #1

Beauty is what attracts men naturally, but really I think we dress for other women, not necessarily for men. We torture ourselves every single day, and I wish that we wouldnt because we should all just get along, really Picture Quote #1

Torture injures everyone who comes into contact with it and corrodes the country that abides it Picture Quote #1

If I had the capabilities of being something other than I am, I would. It’s no fun being an artist. You know what it’s like, writing, it’s torture Picture Quote #1

People with an investment in government power will torture logic like a medieval inquisitor rather than face the facts.... There’s a simple way to keep money out of politics: Keep politics out of our money Picture Quote #1

Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in an autocracy Picture Quote #1

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Central to everything I am and believe and have written is my astonishment, naive as it seems to people, that you can use human speech both to bless, to love, to build, to forgive and also to torture, to hate, to destroy and to annihilate Picture Quote #1

The natural man inevitably rebels against mathematics, a mild form of torture that could only be learned by painful processes of drill Picture Quote #1

Pointe shoes are torture devices. I mean, ballerinas get used to it, but it was definitely a new experience for me. They feel medieval. I was very happy to stop wearing them Picture Quote #1

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. Women face childbed and the scrubbing brush, revolutionaries keep their mouths shut in the torture chamber, battleships go down with their guns still firing when their decks are awash Picture Quote #1

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws Picture Quote #1

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind Picture Quote #1

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A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people will be astonished that such a thing could have been Picture Quote #1

If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad. As to that regular, uninterrupted love of writing. I do not understand it. I feel it as a torture, which I must get rid of, but never as a pleasure. On the contrary, I think composition a great pain Picture Quote #1

Being a detective isn’t all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant... The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your relatives Picture Quote #1

Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment’s torture Picture Quote #1

When the horrors of anarchy force us to set up laws that forbid us to fight and torture one another for sport, we still snatch at every excuse for declaring individuals outside the protection of law and torturing them to our hearts content Picture Quote #1

To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims Picture Quote #1

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That torture is wrong can never be the conclusion to any line of reasoning because it has to be a fundamental premise. Witnessing to the humanity of the other is the place where all moral reasoning must begin (Torture Quotes) The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile (Torture Quotes) We have found ways... to torture and maim animals and make their lives a misery, almost a living hell... in the multinational food industry,... and in laboratories where often the most important thing being researched is the latest in lipstick or face cream (Torture Quotes) You become a monk and you practice and the teacher tells you what to do. If you find that you have a resistance to that, and the resistance is strong, it just means you’re not interested. Why put yourself through some sort of torture. It means you weren’t that interested (Torture Quotes) When you know what’s most important to you, making a decision is quite simple. Most people, though, are unclear about what’s most important in their lives, and thus decision making becomes a form of internal torture (Torture Quotes) Torture, as the art of discovering the truth, is barbaric nonsense; it is the application of a material means to a spiritual end (Torture Quotes) Finishing is torture... There’s always some newly seen flaw. But the little glimpses of beauty between the anxiety make it worth it (Torture Quotes) It must be observed that fishing with any living bait is to be condemned for the same reason as fishing with a worm: in all such instances we torture two animals at once for our amusement (Torture Quotes) Thanks to the toleration preached by the encyclopedists of the eighteenth century, the sorcerer is exempt from torture (Torture Quotes) There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them (Torture Quotes) What right can give anyone authority to inflict torture upon a citizen when it is still unknown whether he is innocent or guilty? (Torture Quotes) The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense. Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to be utterly abolished (Torture Quotes) In more than half the nations of our world, torture certifies that the form of government is tyranny. Only tyranny, no matter how camouflaged, needs and employs torturers. Torture has no ideology (Torture Quotes) Beauty is what attracts men naturally, but really I think we dress for other women, not necessarily for men. We torture ourselves every single day, and I wish that we wouldnt because we should all just get along, really (Torture Quotes) Torture injures everyone who comes into contact with it and corrodes the country that abides it (Torture Quotes) If I had the capabilities of being something other than I am, I would. It’s no fun being an artist. You know what it’s like, writing, it’s torture (Torture Quotes) People with an investment in government power will torture logic like a medieval inquisitor rather than face the facts.... There’s a simple way to keep money out of politics: Keep politics out of our money (Torture Quotes) Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in an autocracy (Torture Quotes) Central to everything I am and believe and have written is my astonishment, naive as it seems to people, that you can use human speech both to bless, to love, to build, to forgive and also to torture, to hate, to destroy and to annihilate (Torture Quotes) The natural man inevitably rebels against mathematics, a mild form of torture that could only be learned by painful processes of drill (Torture Quotes) Pointe shoes are torture devices. I mean, ballerinas get used to it, but it was definitely a new experience for me. They feel medieval. I was very happy to stop wearing them (Torture Quotes) When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. Women face childbed and the scrubbing brush, revolutionaries keep their mouths shut in the torture chamber, battleships go down with their guns still firing when their decks are awash (Torture Quotes) Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws (Torture Quotes) You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind (Torture Quotes) A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people will be astonished that such a thing could have been (Torture Quotes) If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad. As to that regular, uninterrupted love of writing. I do not understand it. I feel it as a torture, which I must get rid of, but never as a pleasure. On the contrary, I think composition a great pain (Torture Quotes) Being a detective isn’t all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant... The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your relatives (Torture Quotes) Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment’s torture (Torture Quotes) When the horrors of anarchy force us to set up laws that forbid us to fight and torture one another for sport, we still snatch at every excuse for declaring individuals outside the protection of law and torturing them to our hearts content (Torture Quotes) To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims (Torture Quotes)

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