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.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
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.
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
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.
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 common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
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.
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.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
