And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
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.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
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.
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.
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.
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 worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
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.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
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.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
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.
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.
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 public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
