Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
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.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
Experts and the educated elite have
Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
