Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
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 English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
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.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
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.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
America is the land of the second chance
America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
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.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
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.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
