Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
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.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
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.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
