Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
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.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
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.
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.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
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.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
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.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
