There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
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.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
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.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
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.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.