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.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
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!
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
In jail a man has no personality. He is
In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
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.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
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%.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
Oh who is that young sinner with the
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
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.
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.
