It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
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.
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.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
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.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
