Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
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.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
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.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
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 object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
