Committing crimes Quote by Cesare Beccaria

Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The question is, does the punishment fit the crime? So we're not saying that we shouldn't punish people. We're not talking about a society…

— Valerie Jarrett

No more fiendish punishment could be devised, were such a thing physically possible, than that one should be turned loose in society and remain…

— William James

Punishment can do a lot for criminals, and send a message to the rest of society.

— Bill Bennett

Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes.

— Karl Kraus

To punish is the most difficult thing there is. A society such as ours needs to question every aspect of punishment as it is…

— Michel Foucault

Let the punishment fit the crime,' goes the saying. Our criminal justice system - to a large degree - meets this standard.

— Suella Braverman

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt…

— Thomas Szasz

Some heinous crimes justify the ultimate punishment.

— Barack Obama

The punishment itself is something I respectfully disagree with, but for thousands and thousands of years it was practiced everywhere.

— Werner Herzog

It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.

— Cesare Beccaria

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

— Elizabeth Fry