I stew all night in my own grease.

I stew all night in my own grease.

Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd read more

Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd until they can feel whether
A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.

Send them into everlasting Coventry.

Send them into everlasting Coventry.

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons

Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
[Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]

Let the punishment be equal with the offence.
[Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]

Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,

Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck,

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.

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.