The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
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.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
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.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
