536 Quotes About Punishment

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently.

No punishment for women who have partial birth abortions.

Legislation may at times be disobeyed, but never law, for the breaking brings swift punishment of its own.

Leo Valdez deserved a special punishment," she [Khione] said. "I have sent him to a place from which he can never return.

It's quite enough to show a well-beaten dog the whip.

Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad conscience.

Except when physically restrained, a person is least free or dignified when he is under threat of punishment, and unfortunately most people often are.

Embracing a certain quotient of racial bias and discrimination against the poor is an inexorable aspect of supporting capital punishment. This is an immoral condition that makes rejecting the death penalty on moral grounds not only defensible but necessary for those who refuse to accept unequal or unjust administration of punishment.