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.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
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.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
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.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
