The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
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.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman takes out his watch when the jury has retired, and says: "Dear me, gentlemen, ten minutes to five, I declare! I dine at five, gentlemen." "So do I," says everybody else, except two men who ought to have dined at three and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch:--"Well, gentlemen, what do we say, plaintiff or defendant, gentlemen?
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
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.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
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.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
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.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
