Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
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.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
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.
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.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
I never saw a man who looked With such a
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
