Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
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.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
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.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
