A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
