The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
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 world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
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.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
