Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
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.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
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.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
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.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
