Far Quote by Kat Timpf

Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which…

— Marquis de Sade

Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.

— Saint Augustine

The purpose of punishment is to improve those who do the punishing--that is the final recourse of those who support punishment.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

— Saint Augustine

Justice is better when it prevents rather than punishes with severity

— Legal Maxim

Given the irreversibility of the death penalty, the possibility of a wrongful conviction can never be overstated

— George Gascon

Punishments of unreasonable severity, especially where indiscriminately afflicted, have less effect in preventing crimes, and amending the manners of a people, than such as…

— William Blackstone

“The views of the Courts in regard to imprisonment have however undergone modification in the last ten years. Imprisonment is seen more and more…

— V.G. Hiemstra

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

— Elbert Hubbard

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

— Elizabeth Fry

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

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.

— Bertrand Russell