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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- Punishment is justice for the unjust. — Saint Augustine
- It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr. — Saint Augustine
- The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading… — Paul Auster
- Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment. — Robert Baden-Powell
- All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil. — Jeremy Bentham
- To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment. — Jose Bergamin
- Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not… — Bruno Bettelheim
- Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. — Ambrose Bierce
- All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation. — Conrad Black
- To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility… — Anatole Broyard