The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
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.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
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.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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.
