Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons

Let the punishment fit the crime

Let the punishment fit the crime

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand read more

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, read more

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why read more

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.

That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.

That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own
wrong-doing.