Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
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.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
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.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Oh who is that young sinner with the
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
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.
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.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
