Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
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.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
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.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
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.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
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.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
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.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Intellectual despair results in neither
Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
