Punishment Mechanism

Famous quotes containing the words punishment and/or mechanism:

    Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
    Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    The law isn’t justice. It’s a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.
    Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)