No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
The perfection of a thing consists in
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
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.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
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.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
