A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Intellectual despair results in neither
Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
Civilization is maintained by a very few
Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether.
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.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
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.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
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.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
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.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
