“The end result of positively reinforcing bad behavior is that you get more of it. The culmination of a failure to punish predators is a debased, dissolute, slum-dog society in which, by legal decree, the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper.”

“The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called "conditioning."”

“The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called "conditioning". In operant conditioning we "strengthen" an operant in the sense of making a response more probable or, in actual fact, more frequent.”

“Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are 50 righteous men within the city. Will you, then, sweep them away and not pardon the place for the sake of the 50 righteous who are inside it? It is unthinkable that you would act in this manner by putting the righteous man to death with the wicked one so that the outcome for the righteous man and the wicked is the same! It is unthinkable of you. Will the Judge of all the earth not do what is right?”

“In other words, words can be empty and all that does is just reinforce the bad behavior of tyrants.”

“Perception creates behavior. Perception encourages behavior. And because this institution--this artifice--continues to socially reinforce patterns of perception and behavior, if this behavior is destructive, it may not be a bad idea to eliminate or curtail the institution.”

“Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.”

“The object of punishment is to… lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition.”

“The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.”

“You cannot "love" a dog out of her bad behavior, just as you can't "love" a criminal into stopping his crimes.”