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Edmund Burke: “The crimes we every day punish are really below the penalties we inflict.”

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The crimes we every day punish are really below the penalties we inflict.
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Edmund Burke

Editor's note · Context

Burke argues that the penalties imposed for crimes often do not match the severity of the offenses committed.

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