Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I was put into a jail once on this account, for one night; and, as I stood considering the walls of solid stone, I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up...I saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through, before they could get to be as free as I was. I did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
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.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
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.
