As uncomfortable as it may be, certain feathers must be pecked out to maintain order in the hen house.

“A government's judicial system must always make the punishment must fit the crime. Too much is tyranny. Too little is anarchy”

A government deaf to the voices of its citizens will soon change or soon fall. It paves the road for radicals to act out.

The state of emergency was simply a political gesture which showed the government prefers a law-and-order response to the problem.

She needs to go to jail, for her own punishment and to deter others.

He didn't commit these crimes for any of the usual reasons we hear, like needing money to support a drug habit. He did this because he wanted to be a big man in the neighborhood. Well, now he can be a big man in the state prison system.