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.
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.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
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.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
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.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
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 have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
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.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
