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.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
In jail a man has no personality. He is
In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
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.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
