Corporal Punishment Quotes

I never use my sword when the lash suffices, nor the lash when my tongue is enough.

I forbid that any one be killed or hung for any fault but his eyes shall be torn out or his testicles cut off. And this command shall not be violated under penalty of a fine in full to me.

The punishments were whipping, putting you in the stocks and making you wear irons and a chain at work. Then they had a collar to put round your neck with two horns, like cows' horns, so that you could not lie down on your back or belly. This also kept you from running away for the horns would catch in the bushes. Sometimes they dug a hole like a well with a door on top. This they called a dungeon keeping you in it two or three weeks or a month, and sometimes till you died in there. This hole was just big enough to receive the body; the hands down by the sides.

There was no such thing as child abuse. Parents owned their children. They could do whatever they wanted.

I support public hanging for its deterrent effect.

I've never been a believer in the physical punishment of children. I don't think it is necessary.

The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.

The husband … might give the wife moderate correction, for as he was to answer for her misbehavior, he ought to have the power to control her.

And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is accused by God; you shall not defile your land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance.

Give your child a spanking once a day. If you don't know why, he does.

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

Beating children has been a depressingly familiar habit in Black families since our arrival in the new world.

Somewhere within the concept of justice, the worst of the guilty must always be removed. I cannot divorce this, not completely. The people must have justice and so I want to reinstate and enshrine the blessed and holy guillotine!

Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.

Your narrow and sectarian prejudices make war upon The Bible …. upon the Pentateuch, while facing the East with his head covered.]

Then the Parson might preach, & drink, & sing, And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring; And modest dame Lurch, who is always at Church, Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch.

I'm pro-death. I believe in the death penalty. Let's get on with it.

There were certainly no spells at my school. More like a smack in the mouth.

Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive?

The state is not the agent of mercy or charity, but is the instrument of God's vengeance against those who disturb the public peace through theft, violence, or negligence. To the state belongs the power of the sword, which consists of the right to execute those who are worthy of death, to inflict corporal punishment, and to require restitution to the victims of theft and bodily injury.

Those children who have been most chastised seldom make the best men.

My dad was very rough with us.

Some strong-willed children absolutely demand to be spanked, and their wishes should be granted. Two or three stinging strokes on the legs or buttocks with a switch are usually sufficient to emphasize the point, 'You must obey me.'

My only memories of school are of being beaten, of being hit in the playground, of masters poking their fingers in my chest all day.

Although Ham and his descendants have become powerful nations, slavery has ruled amongst them. Have not most Africans as a rule been slaves of their kings? Are not the majority of them still slaves of the Turks? Have not the inhabitants of Congo, Angola, Guinea, Monomopata, and Bagawidri from slave nests, whence many are dragged here and there, sold, and used for all forms of servile labors? These people have been so conditioned, that when freed or treated lovingly they are no good and do not know how to behave themselves. But if one constantly applies the cane to their backs and gives them a sound thrashing without mercy, then one can expect good services from them for their well-being consists of enslavement