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Single Idea 2640

[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / c. Deterrence of crime ]

Full Idea

We have robbers by the thousand, although they have the penalty of death before their eyes.

Gist of Idea

We have the death penalty, but still have thousands of robbers

Source

M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], I.86)

Book Ref

Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.104