A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
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.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
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.
Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
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.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
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.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
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.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman takes out his watch when the jury has retired, and says: "Dear me, gentlemen, ten minutes to five, I declare! I dine at five, gentlemen." "So do I," says everybody else, except two men who ought to have dined at three and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch:--"Well, gentlemen, what do we say, plaintiff or defendant, gentlemen?
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
