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.
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.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
In jail a man has no personality. He is
In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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.
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.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
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.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
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.
Experts and the educated elite have
Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
