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.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
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.
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.
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.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
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.
