The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
The perfection of a thing consists in
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
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.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
The uneven impact of actual enforcement
The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
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.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
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.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
