The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
