A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
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.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
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.
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.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
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.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
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.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
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.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
