No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
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 were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
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.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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 is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
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.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
