It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
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.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
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
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
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.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
