Top 177 Punishment Quotes

I got on a Dostoyevsky kick right after college. I started with ‘Crime and Punishment,’ went on to ‘The Possessed’ and then ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ and ‘The Idiot.’
Charlie Trotter
What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
Ida B. Wells
All persons harboring or secreting the conspirators or aiding their concealment or escape, will be treated as accomplices in the murder of the President and shall be subject to trial before a military commission, and the punishment of death.
Edwin M. Stanton
Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.
Elizabeth Fry
A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I think the NFL needs a more stringent policy when it comes to domestic violence. Make the punishment work.
Booger McFarland