Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
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?
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman takes out his watch when the jury has retired, and says: "Dear me, gentlemen, ten minutes to five, I declare! I dine at five, gentlemen." "So do I," says everybody else, except two men who ought to have dined at three and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch:--"Well, gentlemen, what do we say, plaintiff or defendant, gentlemen?
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
