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.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
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.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
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.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
