So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
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.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
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.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
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 it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
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%.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
If two people fight on the street, whose
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
