Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
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.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
Civilization is maintained by a very few
Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
