Happy is the nation without a history.
It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.
The fault no child ever loses is the one he was most punished for.
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms... serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment
Laws against the possession of weapons only disarm those who have no intention of committing a crime.