If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to be punished: to authenticate as good, and to encourage as useful, law-abiding behavior. The aim of criminal law cannot be correction or deterrence; it can only be the maintenance of the legal order. - Thomas Szasz

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Thomas Szasz: "If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to be punished: to authenticate as good, and to encourage as useful, law-abiding behavior. The aim of criminal law cannot be correction or deterrence; it can only be the maintenance of the legal order."

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Alone	Authenticate	Behavior	Breaks
Cheated	Correction	Criminal	Deterrence
Encourage	Good	Lawabiding	Lawbreakers
Legal	Maintenance	Obeys	Order
Ought	Punished	Useful

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