A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
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.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
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.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
I was put into jail as I was going to
I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the next morning, I proceeded to finish my errand, and, having put on my mended shoe, joined a huckleberry party, who were impatient to put themselves under my conduct; and in half an hour -- for the horse was soon tackled -- was in the midst of a huckleberry field, on one of our highest hills, two miles off, and then the State was nowhere to be seen.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
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.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
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.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
