Experts and the educated elite have
Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
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.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
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.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
