Quote by: Hannah Arendt

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.


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Author Bio


  • NameHannah Arendt
  • DescriptionJewish-American political theorist
  • AliasesJohanna "Hannah" Arendt
  • BornOctober 14, 1906
  • DiedDecember 4, 1975
  • CountryGermany; United States Of America
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Historian; Writer; Political Scientist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship