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Impunity Quotes

Nothing predicts future behavior as much as past impunity.

"Torture and the Truth" by Jane Mayer, www.newyorker.com. December 22 & 29, 2014.

Nobody does good to men with impunity.

The Nation, Vol. 109, p. 6, 1919.

The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.

"Pro Tito Annio Milone ad iudicem oratio (Pro Milone)". Oration by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Section XVI), 52 BC.

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.114, Modern Library

Duty is one and invariable; it requires no impossibilities, nor can it ever be disregarded with impunity.

Henry David Thoreau (2017). “HENRY DAVID THOREAU - Ultimate Collection: 6 Books, 26 Essays & 60+ Poems, Including Translations. Biographies & Letters (Illustrated): Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, A Yankee in Canada, Canoeing in the Wilderness, Civil Disobedience, Slavery in Massachusetts, Life Without Principle, Excursions, Poems of Nature, Familiar Letters…”, p.1936, e-artnow

All the great sages are as despotic as generals, and as ignorant and as indelicate as generals, because they feel secure of impunity.

"Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends: With Biographical Sketch". Book by Anton Chekhov, 1920.

Now, one cannot read nonsense with impunity.

Victor Hugo (2016). “Les miserables”, p.205, Victor Hugo

All government is cruel; for nothing is so cruel as impunity.

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4542, e-artnow