Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
