Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
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.
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.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
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.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
