The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
In jail a man has no personality. He is
In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
I never saw a man who looked With such a
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
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.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
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 only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The perfection of a thing consists in
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
