Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
When you are younger you get blamed for
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
