The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
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.
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.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
There are dreadful punishments enacted
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves; but it were much better to make such good provisions, by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so to be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and dying for it.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
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.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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.
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.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
