The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
If two people fight on the street, whose
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
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.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
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.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
When you are younger you get blamed for
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
