Benigno Aquino III Quotes

We make no apology for people who should be in prison being in prison.

Criminals are not the victims of society; society is the victim of criminals.

There must be real consequences for those who commit crimes in our neighborhoods.

A proper criminal justice system exacts justice - that is, punishes criminals for their crimes. Rehabilitation and deterrence are worthy goals, but they are secondary to retribution.

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.

If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.

Criminals are punished, that others may be deterred.

Juveniles as well as adults need to know they're going to be punished for their violent acts.

You will feel the full force of the law and if you are old enough to commit these crimes you are old enough to face the punishments. And to these people I would say this: you are not only wrecking the lives of others, you are potentially wrecking your own life too.

We have determined as a society, as a country, as a people, that the incarceration and the supervision and the specific fines for a particular crime are that person's debt to society.

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

I don't believe in killing people. I believe in locking you up for the rest of your life.

It may seem a hard task to condemn fellow creatures to long years of confinement in prison, but it is not so hard if they clearly deserve it.

In the end, crime doesn't pay.

There are a lot of messages that need to be sent to the criminal who is out there dealing in this on the streets of the United States. We need to send the message of swiftness and certain punishment.

I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to prison.

We want a state of things in which crime will not pay.

Criminal justice should not be a show for citizens.

We have crime without punishment.

The most malign of all these dangers today is disregard and disobedience of law. Crime is increasing. Confidence in rigid and speedy justice is decreasing.

Bad people should be incarcerated.

Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment.

Of the three official objects of our prison system: vengeance, deterrence, and reformation of the criminal, only one is achieved; and that is the one which is nakedly abominable.

No penal or political system which multiplies the population of the prisons at the rate of 10 per cent every year will solve a problem which is growing to be more and more of a danger to the social and moral life of the nation.

Let me remember, when I find myself inclined to pity a criminal, that there is likewise a pity due to the country.