Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
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.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
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.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
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.
The uneven impact of actual enforcement
The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
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.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
