To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
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.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
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.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
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.
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.
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.
