I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
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 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.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
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.
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.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
We don't seem to be able to check crime,
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
