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1 " The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit. "
― Dorothy L. Sayers , Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
2 " The researchers argued that an orderly environment fosters a sense of responsibility not so much by deterrence (since Groningen police rarely penalize litterers) as by the signaling of a social norm: This is the kind of place where people obey the rules. "
― Steven Pinker , The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
3 " You cannot penalize a man for one slip. Then she lay wondering about the word slip. When you slip, you fall, but maybe it is not such a sore fall because you have slipped. "
― Jackie Kay , Wish I Was Here
4 " In seeking to severely penalize criminals society by putting the criminals away behind safe walls actually provide them with the means of greater strength for future atrocities glorious and otherwise. "
― Jack Kerouac , Big Sur
