You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
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.
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.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
I never saw a man who looked With such a
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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.
