Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
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!
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
If two people fight on the street, whose
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
