Quote by David Cay Johnston

A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.

— George Washington

“Regression effects teach us specious lessons about the relative effectiveness of reward and punishment.”

— Thomas Gilovich

Sociologists have frequently observed that governments use punishment primarily as a tool of social control, and thus the extent or severity of punishment is…

— Michelle Alexander

“The world is full of injustice, and those who profit by injustice are in a position to administer rewards and punishments. The rewards go…

— Bertrand Russell

The well understood equity as well as interest of society demand that we work on much more to prevent crime and offenses than to…

— African Spir

“Justice requires not only the ceasing and desisting of injustice but also requires either punishment or reparation for injuries and damages inflicted for prior…

— Anonymous

All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The misfortune we sometimes view as punishment is really just the natural result of our poor judgment; but it is easier for us to…

— Debbie Gilliland

Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good.

— Tacitus

I really believe our society has this propensity to punish.

— Susan Rosenberg

“Regression effects, in other words, serve to “punish the administration of reward, and to reward the administration of punishment.”21”

— Thomas Gilovich

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

— Saint Augustine