Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
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 sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
Experts and the educated elite have
Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
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.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
America is the land of the second chance
America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
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.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
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.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
