Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
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.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
I never saw a man who looked With such a
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
The uneven impact of actual enforcement
The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
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.
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.
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.
