Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
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.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I was put into a jail once on this account, for one night; and, as I stood considering the walls of solid stone, I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up...I saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through, before they could get to be as free as I was. I did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
