He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages 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.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
If two people fight on the street, whose
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
Experts and the educated elite have
Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
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.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Before we can diminish our sufferings
Before we can diminish our sufferings from the ill-controlled aggressive assaults of fellow citizens, we must renounce the philosophy of punishment, the obsolete, vengeful penal attitude. In its place we would seek a comprehensive, constructive social attitude - therapeutic in some instances, restraining in some instances, but preventive in its total social impact. In the last analysis this becomes a question of personal morals and values. No matter how glorified or how piously disguised, vengeance as a human motive must be personally repudiated by each and every one of us.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
