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.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
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.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Governments have tried to stop crime
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they’ll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
