A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
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.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
One should respect public opinion
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
There are dreadful punishments enacted
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves; but it were much better to make such good provisions, by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so to be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and dying for it.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
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'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.
