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Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Let the punishment fit the crime
Let the punishment fit the crime
'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.
'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.
The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.
The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.
That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
