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 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.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
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.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
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 world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
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.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
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.
