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.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
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.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
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.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
I was put into jail as I was going to
I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the next morning, I proceeded to finish my errand, and, having put on my mended shoe, joined a huckleberry party, who were impatient to put themselves under my conduct; and in half an hour -- for the horse was soon tackled -- was in the midst of a huckleberry field, on one of our highest hills, two miles off, and then the State was nowhere to be seen.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
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.
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.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
