Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
