Cesare Beccaria quoteCesare Beccaria [1738-1794]
Italian Judge 
Quote rank: 112
| The severity of punishments ought to be relative to the state of the nation itself. Stronger and more easily felt impressions have to be made on a people only just out of the savage state. A lightning strike is needed to stop a fierce lion who is provoked by a gunshot. |
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