Cesare Beccaria Quotes

If there were an exact and universal scale of punishments and crimes, we would have a fairly reliable and shared instrument to measure the degree of tyranny and liberty, of the basic humanity or malice of the different nations.

Cesare Beccaria

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: March 15, 1738 - November 28, 1794

Topics

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The family farm is the foundation for who we are as a Commonwealth. And for over a century, the family farm in Kentucky has centered around one crop: tobacco.

Jim Bunning

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Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests.

Jill Lepore

ServiceMoneyGovernmentResearch

In life and in politics, it's helpful to try to perceive the other person through the most generous lens.

Megyn Kelly

LifePoliticsPersonLensTryMost

Just like you can't cure a patient without listening to what he's feeling, you can't cure a nation without hearing what the people are really asking for.

Ami Bera

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No one understood why I would wanna be behind the camera, not in front of the camera, and so no one took me seriously, and people said, 'Oh, well, this is just a hobby isn't it?' and I said, 'No, I really love this. I wanna make this my career,' and I did not have a lot of support at all for many years. People just kind of thought it was a joke.

Amanda de Cadenet

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I guess I take a lot of pride in that no matter what type of car we drive, we're always competitive in it. That's something I've taken a lot of pride in my whole life.

Tony Stewart

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Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day.

Mary Douglas

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Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

Moira Kelly

MusicMeNowListenSameRap

As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory.

Michael Learned

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I realized that one of the differences between news photography and dance photography was that the former has to tell a specific story, whereas all a dance photograph had to be was visually interesting.

Lois Greenfield

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I wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it's probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we'll eat, what we'll do, what we'll think about, what we'll say... and on and on.

Joyce Meyer

DayBelieveThinkDecisionsWonder

I love Tom Wilkinson and Tommy Lee Jones as well as Jessica Chastain. But the person I look up to most, not because I identify with her roles but because of who she is as a person, is Sissy Spacek.

Jordan Gavaris

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