Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
Punishment can do a lot for criminals, and send a message to the rest of society.
In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
I do not mourn the death of the printed letter in a snobby, East Coast, patrician way - 'Where have our manners gone?' - but because I love objects, I love paper, and I love something that I can hold to my chest for a moment. Still, I bear no grudge against the e-mail form itself.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.