Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
Oh who is that young sinner with the
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
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.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
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 written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
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.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
