There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
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.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
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.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
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%.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
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.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
