The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
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.
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.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
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.
Experts and the educated elite have
Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.
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.
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.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I was put into a jail once on this account, for one night; and, as I stood considering the walls of solid stone, I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up...I saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through, before they could get to be as free as I was. I did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.