One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
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.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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.
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.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
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.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
We don't seem to be able to check crime,
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
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.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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.
