The Delusion of Coercing

"When the people do not fear death, to what purpose is death still used (as a punishment) to overawe them? And should the people be kept in continual fear of death, and I lay hold of those who are not to be so intimidated and slay them, - who would dare? There is always the Great Executioner. Now for any man to act the Executioner's part, I say, it is hewing out the Great Architect's work for him. And he who undertakes to hew for the Great Architect rarely fails to cut his hands."