Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
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.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
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.
Governments have tried to stop crime
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they’ll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
