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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatev

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"No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been"

- Hannah Arendt

Crime Power

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This quote is written / told by Hannah Arendt between October 14, 1906 and December 4, 1975. He/she was a famous Historian from Germany. The author also have 39 other quotes.

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