When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
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.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
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.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
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.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
