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.
Civilization is maintained by a very few
Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether.
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.
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.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
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.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
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.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
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.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
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.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
