Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
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 isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Governments have tried to stop crime
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they’ll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
