Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
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.
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.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
The torment of human frustration,
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
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.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
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.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
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.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
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!
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
