The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
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.
In jail a man has no personality. He is
In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
I never saw a man who looked With such a
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
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.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
I was put into jail as I was going to
I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the next morning, I proceeded to finish my errand, and, having put on my mended shoe, joined a huckleberry party, who were impatient to put themselves under my conduct; and in half an hour -- for the horse was soon tackled -- was in the midst of a huckleberry field, on one of our highest hills, two miles off, and then the State was nowhere to be seen.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
