To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
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.
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 world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
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.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
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.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
