No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
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.
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.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
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.
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
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.
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.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
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.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
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.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
