One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
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.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman takes out his watch when the jury has retired, and says: "Dear me, gentlemen, ten minutes to five, I declare! I dine at five, gentlemen." "So do I," says everybody else, except two men who ought to have dined at three and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch:--"Well, gentlemen, what do we say, plaintiff or defendant, gentlemen?
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.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
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.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
When you are younger you get blamed for
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Concepts of justice must have hands and
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. That is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
