One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
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.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
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 object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
In jail a man has no personality. He is
In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism.
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.
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 hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
