A Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Care Does Exceed Must Offence Punishment Taken

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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman - Statesman
106 BC - 43 BC

Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Although care must be taken not to kill or injure anyone while these persons are being taken into custody, resistance must be broken!

Otto Skorzeny

Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero

All of the things that Hillary Clinton was talking about could have been taken care of during the last 10 years, let's say, while she had great power. But they weren't taken care of. And if she ever wins this race, they won't be taken care of.

Donald Trump

Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.

Ovid

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

William Graham Sumner

The Sufi is One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.

Idries Shah

Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.

Edward Gibbon

It doesn't make any difference if you are in favor of capital punishment or if you are opposed to capital punishment. The fact of the matter is that as a viable penalty, capital punishment does not work at this time and has not worked in the State of Florida for many, many years.

Gerald Kogan

The national laws of the five regions of India prescribe no cangue, beatings or prison. Those who are guilty are fined in accordance with the degree of the offence committed. There is no capital punishment.

Hyecho

A career must be husbanded. Care must be taken. Everyday must bring some small bit of progress. How would an artist with any self-worth act? Act that way.

Julia Cameron

I've taken care of it," I said My father looked at me, shocked. Then I realized "taken care of" had a very specific meaning in his line of work. "No, no, I mean he's gone.

Gordon Korman

To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.

William Gilmore Simms

When a child can be brought to tears, not from fear of punishment, but from repentance for his offence, he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from grief at one's own conduct, be sure there is an angel nestling in the bosom.

Horace Mann

We are concerned here only with the imposition of capital punishment for the crime of murder, and when a life has been taken deliberately by the offender, we cannot say that the punishment is invariably disproportionate to the crime. It is an extreme sanction suitable to the most extreme of crimes.