Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
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%.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
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.
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.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
