By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
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.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
If two people fight on the street, whose
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
