Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
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.
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.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
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.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
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.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
