On the record
The crimes we every day punish are really below the penalties we inflict.
Said by
Edmund Burke
Source
gutenberg.orgThe crimes we every day punish are really below the penalties we inflict.
Burke argues that the penalties imposed for crimes often do not match the severity of the offenses committed.
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