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.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
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.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
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.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
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.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
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.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
