No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
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.
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.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
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.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
