The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
Concepts of justice must have hands and
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. That is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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.
