Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
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.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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.
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.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
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.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
I never saw a man who looked With such a
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
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.”
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
