Word: punish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...will live to regret it. And to the last man our group js not in accord with What some people in the states are trying to do with some American citizens, namely the Jap citizens. We say, if they step out of the line of faithfulness to our country, punish them severely. But don't touch one of them just because he has Japanese blood. They are American citizens. We are fighting for all American citizens, and when we die for them we don't stop to ask what kind of blood they have. We are fighting...
...opinion that all Japanese militarists must be wiped out . . . [but] the question [of Japan's postwar government] can better be left to the awakened and repentant Japanese people to decide for themselves.' I also said 'if the Japanese people should rise in revolution to punish their warmongers and overthrow their militarists' government, we should respect their spontaneous will and allow them to choose their own form of government.' Mr. Roosevelt fully approved of my idea...
...Britain punish any war criminals for crimes committed on foreign soil...
...three great Allies are fighting this war to restrain and punish the aggression of Japan. They covet no gain and have no thought of territorial expansion...
Says The Church and the Transition Period: ""It must be clear that the Church can never desire that evil be overlooked. ... It is very essential for the Church that evil be punished. Not because the Church would wreak vengeance, but because God's righteousness demands it.... . . . Respect for the law's inviolability, for the national Constitution and for the community's authority will be shattered for generations unless the guilty are brought to justice. . . . But . . . only the proper authority has the right to punish crimes; all private revenge or any personal desire for vengeance is banned...