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title: "4 Punishment Prevention Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/punishment-is-not-prevention-history-offers-cold-comfort-to-those-who/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

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> [The object of punishment is, prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-mann/the-object-of-punishment-is-prevention-from-evil-it-never-can-be-made/)

[Horace Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-mann/)

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> [The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it can never be made impulsive to good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-mann/the-object-of-punishment-is-prevention-from-evil-it-can-never-be-made/)

[Horace Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-mann/)

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> [One of the problems of our society is that we spend too much time thinking about punishment and not enough about prevention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/one-of-the-problems-of-our-society-is-that-we-spend-too-much-time/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

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