A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
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.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
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.
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.
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.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
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?
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
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.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
