John Stuart Mill Quote

Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not offended is to give a premium on crime.


Principles of Political Economy (1848), Book V, Chapter XI, §13


Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not...

Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not...

Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not...

Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not...