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.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
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.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
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.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
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.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
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 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.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
