Most people fancy themselves innocent of
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
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.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
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.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
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.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
