Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
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.
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.
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.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
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.
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.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
