It is possible to imagine a society flushed with such a sense of power that it could afford to let its offenders go unpunished.

That every will must consider every other will its equal - would be a principle hostile to life, an agent of the dissolution and destruction of man, an attempt…

The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the des…

As is well known, the priests are the most evil enemies - but why? Because they are the most impotent. It is because of their impotence that in them hatred gro…

'It is more than a crime; it is a political fault,' -words which I record, because they have been repeated and attributed to others.

Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might. (299)

When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty. When there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace. When there are too many lawyers, there can…