Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
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.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
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.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
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 degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
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.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
