He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
The uneven impact of actual enforcement
The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
America is the land of the second chance
America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
Concepts of justice must have hands and
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. That is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
The torment of human frustration,
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
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.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
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.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
