The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman takes out his watch when the jury has retired, and says: "Dear me, gentlemen, ten minutes to five, I declare! I dine at five, gentlemen." "So do I," says everybody else, except two men who ought to have dined at three and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch:--"Well, gentlemen, what do we say, plaintiff or defendant, gentlemen?
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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.
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.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
