I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
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.
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.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss 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.
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.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
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.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
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.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
