Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
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.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
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.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
One should respect public opinion
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
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.
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.
