Elizabeth Fry Quotes

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone.

Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of life appear light to them; and it renders life insecure, inasmuch as the law holds out that property is of greater value than life.

I wish the state of enthusiasm I am now in may last, for today I FELT there is a God. I have been devotional and my mind has been led away from the follies that it is mostly wrapped up in.