Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
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%.
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.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
When you are younger you get blamed for
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
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.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
