Action Quote by Michel de Montaigne

There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not…

— Michel de Montaigne

No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged.

— Michel de Montaigne

No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.

— Grover Cleveland

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing

— Voltaire

Every man is his own law court and punishes himself enough.

— Patricia Highsmith

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

— Voltaire

Many a man can save himself if he admits he's done wrong and takes his punishment.

— Henrik Ibsen

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

— Anonymous

Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country,…

— Voltaire

He needs to be punished because the law hasn't punished him. He's never done any hard time.

— David Haye

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

— Jesse Jackson

In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau