Bay area Quote by Emperor Norton

“Frisco”—a violation of local custom that, as Herb Caen had impatiently explained for many years, was committed only by clueless rubes.”

— David Talbot

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

— Ovid

That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness - someone else always suffers for them.

— Alfred Sutro

When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and…

— Grover Cleveland

“The chief care of the legislators [in the colonies of New England] was the maintenance of orderly conduct and good morals in the community:…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

To lese-majeste and contempt of court, we must add the crime of lese-million, that fearful indignity we visit on the rich when we expose…

— Honore de Balzac

“Contrition for an offence must precede the pardon of an offence.”

— Octavius Winslow

Acknowledge your will and speak to us all, "This alone is what I will to be!" Hang your own penal code up above you:…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“ (2.) A severe penalty: The Lord will not hold him guiltless; magistrates, who punish other offences, may not think themselves concerned to take notice…

— Matthew Henry

You could adjust the punishment to fit the infraction. Even a small fine would be enough to bring an errant government to heel.

— George Soros

“49. Every one who wilfully, in the presence of Her Majesty, (a) does an act with intent to alarm Her Majesty or to break…

— Kevin Underhill

Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero