Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
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.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
When you are younger you get blamed for
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
Before we can diminish our sufferings
Before we can diminish our sufferings from the ill-controlled aggressive assaults of fellow citizens, we must renounce the philosophy of punishment, the obsolete, vengeful penal attitude. In its place we would seek a comprehensive, constructive social attitude - therapeutic in some instances, restraining in some instances, but preventive in its total social impact. In the last analysis this becomes a question of personal morals and values. No matter how glorified or how piously disguised, vengeance as a human motive must be personally repudiated by each and every one of us.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
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.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
