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Quote from Cesare Beccaria,


"The punishment of death
is the war of a nation against a citizen
whose destruction it judges
to be necessary or useful."


By:

Cesare Beccaria (more quotes by Cesare Beccaria or books by/about Cesare Beccaria)


(1735-1794) [Bonesana, Marchese di] Italian nobleman, criminologist, and penal reformer

Source:

On Crimes and Punishments, 1764

Categories:

Crime, Death, Justice, Punishment, War

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