Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
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.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
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.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
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.
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.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
Governments have tried to stop crime
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they’ll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.
