Common Quote by Edward Gibbon

The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach…

— Robert H. Jackson

“That punishment, the public punishment of disgrace, should in a just measure attend his share of the offence is, we know, not one of…

— Jane Austen

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

— Elvira Nabiullina

Societies have debated the severity of punishment for vile acts over millennia, with complex moral arguments on both sides of the question. But citizens…

— Rohini Nilekani

it is the certainty of being punished and not the horrifying spectacle of public punishment that must discourage crime

— Michel Foucault

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

— Daniel Guerin

Punishment is a vital need of the human soul.

— Simone Weil

If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but…

— Confucius

Punishment is the root of violence on our planet.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

It isn't the desire to abide by the law that makes everyone behave as society requires, but the fear of punishment. Each one of…

— Paulo Coelho

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

— Bill Bennett

It isn't the desire to abide by the law that makes everyone behave as society requires, but the fear of punishment.

— Paulo Coelho