The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
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.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
The perfection of a thing consists in
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
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.
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.
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.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
