A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
America is the land of the second chance
America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
