Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
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.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
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.
I was put into jail as I was going to
I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the next morning, I proceeded to finish my errand, and, having put on my mended shoe, joined a huckleberry party, who were impatient to put themselves under my conduct; and in half an hour -- for the horse was soon tackled -- was in the midst of a huckleberry field, on one of our highest hills, two miles off, and then the State was nowhere to be seen.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
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%.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
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.
Concepts of justice must have hands and
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. That is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
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.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
