deterrence

is ultimately nothing more than penalties that deter those not inclined to commit any crimes.

Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes. Karl Kraus

is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.

is grounded in the notion that one sword keeps another in the sheath.

is important --- a good navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.

is inneffectual --- no punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.

is punishment's justification --- Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.

Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.

is the best way to avoid war --- Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

is effective --- He who punishes one gives counsel to a hundred.

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