It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
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.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
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.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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.
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.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
