Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
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 object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
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.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
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.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
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.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
