Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something
humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted read more

Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something
humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted lead.

Let the punishment fit the crime

Let the punishment fit the crime

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, read more

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars

If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.

If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.

Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.

Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time--
To let the punishment fit the crime.

My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time--
To let the punishment fit the crime.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment