Crime Quote by John Locke

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the rank of the offender

— Juvenal

To mete out punishment itself becomes a punishment for that person who gives it when the convict is someone close to him.

— Mak_786

Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

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

— Bill Bennett

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed.

— Ayn Rand

The object of punishment is, prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.

— Horace Mann

“Imprisonment is the form of punishment which may detrimentally affect not only the offender but also his family and his employment and because of…

— P.W. Thirion

The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it can never be made impulsive to good.

— Horace Mann

But the guilty person is only one of the targets of punishment. For punishment is directed above all at others, at all the potentially…

— Michel Foucault

Experience shows that the frequent use of severe punishment has never rendered a people better. The death of a criminal is a less effective…

— Catherine the Great

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.

— Jeff Cooper