No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
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.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
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.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
There are dreadful punishments enacted
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves; but it were much better to make such good provisions, by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so to be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and dying for it.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.