Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
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.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
We don't seem to be able to check crime,
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
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.
