Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
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.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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.
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.
