Quotes About Punishment

What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.

The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State.

Fear naturally quickens the flight of guilt.

Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up to punish the offense.

People are kept in line in society because they fear punishment. The assumption that underlies this mentality is that a human being will follow their desires without mitigation.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

Happiness is not a reward it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment it is a result.

Because one can avoid dangers by watching out while crossing the street, one has the impression that one can also avoid punishment. But punishments can come from within; and the unexpected danger may arise from the heart. The words she had spoken, "If you like, we could wrestle a bit more," now horrified

It's the Law of Douche Bags. Douche bags walk away with enough holes in them to look like a colander, while good guys go down for the count with one random punch to the head. Sheri—one

I gazed out the window and wished for the thousandth time that rape were punishable by penis removal… with a rusty knife.

But please, whatever you decide to do to this douche bag, make sure it hurts.

Prometheus recast as a serial killer.

Let the punishment match the offense.

El amor es un castigo. Somos castigados por no haber podido quedarnos solos.

Such prizes and punishments are, if I may be allowed the expression, the bench of the soul, the instrument of slavery for the spirit. Here

The prize and the punishment are incentives toward unnatural or forced effort, and, therefore we certainly cannot speak of the natural development of the child in connection with them. The

Such prizes and punishments are, if I may be allowed the expression, the bench of the soul, the instrument of slavery for the spirit.

People aren't too different from lab rats. We seek out rewarding experiences and steer clear of punishing ones. If interaction with you is a disagreeable event, people will avoid it. (from chapter 12) tl;dr people aren't too different from lab rats

The U.S. penal system has a strong tendency to "level down". The much-heralded "liberal" features of American political culture ironically have helped to render the U.S. penal system harsher, more degrading, and less forgiving as it extends a brute egalitarianism across the board.

A traitor commits his crime but once. The rest/is retribution.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

there is rarely any rhyme or reason in suicides. They can be a cry for help gone wrong, or a punishment to those you're leaving behind, or one fateful twenty-minute window when you lose your bearings and can't find the reasons to go on.

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

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.