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Quotation from On Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria
“It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.”
On Crimes and Punishments, Chapter XLI, trans. James Anson Farrer (1880)
The opening of the chapter on prevention, the book's closing theme.
Citation: "It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them." — Cesare Beccaria, On Crimes and Punishments, Chapter XLI, trans. James Anson Farrer (1880). (id beccaria-on-crimes-and-punishments-q1)
