So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
We don't seem to be able to check crime,
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.