Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
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.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
We don't seem to be able to check crime,
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
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.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
