Quotes on Punishment

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death.

In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be made good for something. No man should be put to death, even as an example, if he can be left to live without danger to society.

I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.

I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister, and the insolence of his mother; and have suffered the punishment of an attachment, without enjoying its advantages.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.