I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
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.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Governments have tried to stop crime
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they’ll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.
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.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
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.
