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.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
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.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
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.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
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.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
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.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
