Crime Quote by Confucius

If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no…

— Confucius

It is the crime that causes the shame, and not the punishment.

— Vikrant Parsai

What pleases us is that people are realising that punishment is inevitable for those who don't respect the law.

— Elvira Nabiullina

“In an antique city-state, or a modern municipality, shame is the penalty for the violation of ethics—making things more symmetric. Banishment and exile, or,…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that…

— Thomas More

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.

— Vittorio Alfieri

If crimes are committed they must be seen as a disease, and punishment as treatment rather than as social vengeance.

— Daniel Guerin

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

“In a society as mobile as your own, many people are totally anonymous to those around them. They do not care what they do…

— Sheri S. Tepper

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

— Anonymous

Nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world.

— Abraham Lincoln

One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture

— Multatuli