The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
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.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
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.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
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.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
There are dreadful punishments enacted
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves; but it were much better to make such good provisions, by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so to be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and dying for it.
Experts and the educated elite have
Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.